Whatever happens in this week’s Super League play-off semi-finals, we are guaranteed a meeting of old versus new under the bright lights of Old Trafford in the Grand Final on 9 October. But how we get to that point could be just as fascinating as the season showpiece itself .
Tomorrow ’s semi-final has a much more familiar feel to it, as the two clubs who have won more Grand Finals than any others square off for a spot at Old Trafford when St Helens host Leeds. Only five finals in Super League history have been held with neither side in attendance, underlining the dominance of the Saints and the Rhinos in the modern era. But 24 hours earlier, there is a much more peculiar semi-final taking place .
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