Postpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Matt Newsum
BBC Sport at Old Trafford
"Wigan follow Saints out of the tunnel to warm up, RL Rockettes out dancing, it feels more partisan than other Grand Finals."
Summary
St Helens win their first Grand Final since 2006
FT: St Helens 14-6 Wigan
Wigan's Ben Flower sent off for punching Lance Hohaia in second minute
Joe Burgess try gave Wigan half-time lead
Second-half tries from Sia Soliola and Tommy Makinson win it for Saints
Postpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
BBC coveragepublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
There are several ways to follow the action from today's Super League Grand Final.
BBC Radio 5 live, BBC Radio Manchester and BBC Radio Merseyside are all providing live commentary - you can access them all by clicking on the Live Coverage tab or visiting the BBC commentaries page.
BBC Two will also be screening a highlights programme at 17:30 BST tomorrow (18:00 BST in Scotland).
The pundit's viewpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Image source, SWPIX.COMBrian Noble is no stranger to Grand Finals, having won three of them with Bradford Bulls, and as an ex-Wigan coach, he knows all about the club's intense rivalry with St Helens.
Get involvedpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Wigan start as favourites to win today's Grand Final against St Helens - do you agree?
Which are the key battles we should be looking out for? Who will produce the game's pivotal moment? Will it be Wellens or O'Loughlin lifting the Super League trophy later this evening?
Get in touch by sending a text to 81111 or using #bbcrl, external on Twitter.
Team newspublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Image source, SWPIX.COMSt Helens captain Paul Wellens makes a record-equalling 10th Grand Final appearance, tying the mark set by Leeds Rhinos prop Jamie Peacock. The 34-year-old starts at full-back.
The big news as far as Wigan are concerned is the absence of hooker Michael McIlorum. He suffered a facial injury in the semi-final win over Warrington last week and is not included in their 17-man squad.
St Helens: Paul Wellens (c); Tommy Makinson, Mark Percival, Josh Jones, Adam Swift; Mark Flanagan, Lance Hohaia; Kyle Amor, James Roby, Mose Masoe, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Sia Soliola, Jordan Turner. Replacements: Willie Manu, Alex Walmsley, Greg Richards, Luke Thompson.
Wigan Warriors: Matty Bowen; Josh Charnley, Anthony Gelling, Dan Sarginson, Joe Burgess; Blake Green, Matty Smith; Ben Flower, Sam Powell, Dom Crosby, Joel Tomkins, Liam Farrell, Sean O'Loughlin (c). Replacements: Eddy Pettybourne, Tony Clubb, John Bateman, George Williams.
Want to know the teams a little better? Earlier this week, North West Tonight's Richard Askam met up with injured duo Jon Wilkin and Iain Thornley to get an insider's view of the St Helens and Wigan sides.
Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Image source, SWPIX.COMWarriors coach Shaun Wane, a proud Wiganer, was in bullish mood at Monday's pre-match media conference, as our introductory quote proves.
But St Helens had no plans to shy away from the trash talk.
Their head coach, Nathan Brown, spoke of the "bitter hatred" that exists between the two clubs.
Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 11 October 2014
Image source, Getty Images"This game is special. They show and tell us how much they hate us, and that's the way it is. If we played each other at tiddlywinks, there'd be blood."
St Helens v Wigan Warriors. One of the fiercest rivalries in British sport. Their mutual hatred is seldom hidden, their mutual respect is offered begrudgingly.
How to intensify that? Throw in the prospect of becoming Super League champions if you can overcome your most bitter of foes after 80 gruelling and emotionally-charged minutes at Old Trafford.
This should be fun.