Wigan Warriors 42 Hull KR 12
HE is 6ft 6in tall but Wigan's Kai Pearce-Paul has always looked up to rugby league legend Sam Tomkins.
Yet the rangy England second-row will be out to bring the brilliant Catalans full-back to his knees in Saturday's Grand Final.
All the talk is of how Tomkins one of the true modern greats hopes to bow out a Super League winner again, against the club where he made his name.
And while the superstar will retire after the Old Trafford showdown, Pearce-Paul, 22, is after his own big send-off given he is next year swapping Wigan for the NRL and Newcastle Knights. The Londoner never played alongside Tomkins at Wigan but said: "Growing up, I was watching rugby league and saw him in all the big games like Wigan v Leeds and St Helens.
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