St Helens v Salford Red Devils: Super League Grand Final – live!

Live music at a sporting event is never a good thing, is it? What we have at Old Trafford is Shed Seven doing a weird advert for their upcoming tour.

Sky reminding us of Ben Flower being an idiot in the final against St Helens in 2014 is what we need in this build up.

Adrian Morley is desperate for Salford to win and believes they can do it, which is nice. Danny McGuire points out that St Helens are a lot better, so does Phil Clarke.

Leeds Rhinos are not at Old Trafford today but their women’s team were victorious in the women’s Grand Final yesterday when they defeated Castleford. They were behind at half-time but ended up winning 20-12.

Jackson Hastings enjoying his Man of Steel award …

I think I have been brought in for this historic occasion due to my lengthy links with rugby league. When I was at school I played the sport and was called up to play for Salford schoolboys. I went to one training session where everyone was twice my size, so I decided it wasn’t for me as I was never going to make it as a professional and I liked having my bones intact.

St Helens: Coote, Makinson, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Fages, Lomax, Walmsley, Roby, Thompson, Taia, Peyroux, Knowles

Subs: McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Amor, Ashworth, Smith

Salford: Evalds, Sio, Welham, Bibby, Inu, Lolohea, Hastings, Mossop, Tomkins, Dudson, Jones, Griffin, McCarthy

Subs: Lussick, Flanagan, Walker, Burke

Good afternoon!

We have reached the finale. For the first time in a long time there is a chance of a surprise winner in the form of Salford who have defied plenty of odds with their rag-tag bunch to make it to Old Trafford. They performed some magic to put together a side to bring them to this unknown point. Jackson Hastings is the man at the heart of it and rightly won the Man of Steel but leading his side to victory at Old Trafford would surpass all that.

St Helens have been here and won it, so will not be fazed by the occasion and will have no qualms about being party poopers. They will also be aiming to pack Justin Holbrook off with another trophy in his last game as St Helens coach.

It should be a lively encounter.