Let's take a look at the team news as time ticks down to kick-off at Old Trafford..

My ramblings are just one way you can follow all the action in tonight's Super League Grand Final.

The good folks in BBC radio are in position at Old Trafford to offer live commentary of tonight's game.

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Radio Merseyside are ready to take you through it all.

BBC Radio Perpignan, on the other hand, are not there as they don't exist.

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Catalans Dragons full-back Sam Tomkins added the 2021 Steve Prescott Man of Steel award to his collection earlier this week.

Super League's annual award is decided by points accrued on a round-by-round basis across the season.

Tomkins joins Paul Sculthorpe and Andy Farrell in winning the award twice, having claimed it in 2012 during his first spell with Wigan Warriors.

"It is a huge honour to receive the Man of Steel award. It comes off the back of some great team performances and I feel lucky to be playing in a great team at Catalans," Tomkins said.

"It was a long time ago when I won it for the first time. Someone showed me some pictures from the time, I was just a young kid enjoying playing rugby.

"I'm at a very different stage of my life now. It means a little bit more to me as I know I've not got another 10 years of playing the sport."

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These two teams were involved in an unforgettable end-of-season game under the lights in Newcastle last month.

Catalans pulled off one of the most stunning comebacks in the history of the sport as they came from 30-12 down with four minutes left to beat St Helens at the Magic Weekend

James Maloney's golden-point drop-goal ensured the French side had won their first League Leaders' Shield.

But he only got the chance after three quick-fire Catalans tries from Dean Whare, Gil Dudson and Sam Kasiano.

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There was a real buzz of activity around Old Trafford with plenty of Saints and Catalans fans arriving at the ground a couple of hours before kick-off to soak up the atmosphere with the Grand Final returning to the 'Theatre of Dreams' after taking place behind closed doors in Hull last year.

We are expecting around 1,000 Catalans fans in Manchester today, with four charter flights leaving Perpignan earlier today and there is no messing around afterwards, returning back home straight after the match.

History is on the line for both sides, will 'Catalans Dragons' be etched as a new name on the trophy or will it be three in a row for perennial winners St Helens?

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Catalans boss Steve McNamara says it is not lost on him or his side the immense sacrifice that their supporters will have to make to cheer their team on this evening.

Travel restrictions in France as well as the economic reality for the club's support in Perpignan mean that their support will be outnumbered at Old Trafford.

"It doesn't matter how many are there, given the effort that they've made," he told BBC Sport.

"Perpignan is a working class town; you think of the south of France and the glitz and glamour of Nice, St Tropez or Cannes. It's not like that.

"The effort and expense some of these people have made to come across here to fulfill a lifelong dream, to some extent.

"Proud is the exact word that we will be of them this week."

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St Helens boss Kristian Woolf led his side to the Super League title in his first season in charge of the club.

However, he understands the weight that a possible third successive title carries, given where the club has been in recent times.

"If you go back to 2019, you had a group that hadn't won something for a while and had been in a position to do so," Woolf told BBC Sport.

"They carried a lot of pressure and expectation and if I think back to our Challenge Cup final success, you could certainly feel the pressure and expectation on that game knowing that it had been 13 years since we'd had the ability to win it.

"Over the past three years, two Grand Finals and a Challenge Cup, this group has achieved so many things that they get to relax and enjoy it as a group this time, regardless what happens with the result.

"They've achieved so many things and will be looked back on in such a positive way, I think they deserve to relax and enjoy it."

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St Helens captain James Roby is no stranger to the big occasion, but the veteran's previous Grand Final experiences means he would like to add another winner's medal to his collection.

"It's my 10th final here, and I lost five on the trot at one stage so I wouldn't wish that on anybody," he told BBC Sport.

"But, that's all in the past hopefully and I suppose it's taught us a lot of lessons as a club and me individually as well.

"I know what it tastes like to be on the wrong end and the right end on Saturday night, and I know which I'd rather be in.

"We'll be doing everything we can, we're preparing as usual."

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Catalans club captain Ben Garcia knows that his side are on the verge of a historic victory should they beat St Helens as they look to build on their impressive recent support, including their full house against Hull KR in last week's semi-final.

"It's crazy, they're just preparing for the weekend, they are heading for the pubs," Garcia told BBC Sport.

"Back home there are two big TV screens in the city, we could never imagine that.

"The fans at the airport, I'm not really surprised about them, they are really passionate, but they are always in a good moment and we need them.

"We know not everyone can come but they will support us on TV and I'm sure we'll have a few neutrals with us in the stadium, so it will be good."

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St Helens booked their Super League Grand Final meeting with Catalans Dragons after easing past Leeds Rhinos in their play-off semi-final last week.

Regan Grace gave the reigning champions an early lead, which James Roby extended before Richie Myler got Leeds on the board just before half-time.

Tries from Mark Percival and Kevin Naiqama extended Saints' lead to 24-4.

Luke Briscoe gave Leeds hope but Percival and Grace both crossed again to secure Saints' place in a third successive Grand Final.

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Catalans wrote themselves into Super League history by beating Hull KR in last week's play-off semi-finals as they booked their place at tonight's Grand Final.

They built a first-half lead through Ben Garcia and Josh Drinkwater tries, before Shaun Kenny-Dowall got a late Rovers score before the hooter.

After the break, Catalans pulled away from the Robins with Arthur Mourgue, Fouad Yaha and Joe Chan tries.

Ryan Hall's late effort was merely consolation for the spirited visitors, who set up their first-ever Grand Final without talismanic full-back Sam Tomkins.

With the country in the midst of another coronavirus lockdown last autumn, St Helens perked the nation up with their second successive Grand Final by beating Wigan via a dramatic golden point try scored by Jack Welsby.

But are we going to be treated to another thriller of a finale at Old Trafford this time and in front of a crowd once more?

Kick-off is coming soon.

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It's finally here. After another unforgettable season, where 12 teams have put everything on the line to get games to go ahead, the season draws to its conclusion.

Last year we were treated to one of the most memorable finals in any sport, not just rugby league...

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