This weekend's grand final between the Penrith Panthers and Parramatta Eels has all the makings of a classic encounter.
A local rivalry, 'the battle of the west,' a 36-year premiership drought on one end and the continuation of what may become one of the great rugby league dynasties on the other.
The premiers may be the favourites but the underdogs are far from ranked outsiders.
If both sides play their best football on the night it could be one of the all-time classics played in the first week of October.
With that in mind, let's set the criteria for what constitutes a great grand final as we review the five best the last decade has had to offer.
4. Sydney Roosters vs Canberra Raiders - 2019
Winning a premiership is tough, winning two is even tougher and winning two back-to-back is a feat that had alluded clubs since the Broncos did it in 1997 and 1998 - or 1992 and 1993 if you don't count the Super League.
However, since the formation of the NRL in 1998 no team had managed to win two grand finals in a row.
The Roosters had earned their chance to be the first after beating Melbourne in the previous year and working their way back through to the grand final in 2019.
The Raiders faithful has sat through two disappointing seasons before 2019.
After falling a hair short of the 2016 grand final, Ricky Stuart's Green Machine seemed to have lost a gear.
But in 2019 they found what they had been missing; a steely defensive resolve and a patient yet potent attack.
The Roosters and Raiders both put on a rousing show that was equal parts frantic, gritty and controversial.
The first of these controversies came in the opening three minutes when a charge down from the Raiders ricocheted off a Roosters trainer denying Elliott Whitehead the opportunity to give chase.
The more infamous of these moments came in the final ten minutes of the contest.
Locked at eight a piece and fighting desperately to find a hole in the Roosters' defence, Canberra send a bomb the way of James Tedesco.
It comes down on the shoulder of a Raiders player and deflects back towards Josh Hodgson. The on-field referee mistakenly signals for a restart of the tackle count but is overruled.
Jack Wighton, unaware of this, runs the football on the fifth tackle and concedes a handover.
Less than a minute later the Roosters would claim ascendency through a marvellous grand final try.
Latrell Mitchell runs over halfway and flicks the ball out of a legs tackle towards Daniel Tupou who strides into open country, draws in the fullback and links with James Tedesco who crosses over untouched.
Controversy aside it was a phenomenal contest, one in which the better side ultimately got the upper hand and claimed the first back-to-back premiership of the NRL era.
