Wakefield Trinity's Jack Sinfield ready to make his own Super League Grand Final history v Warrington Wolves

The half-back joined Trinity to play in major finals, after being released from the last year of his Leeds Rhinos contract 12 months ago, but didn’t expect it to happen in this debut campaign. “When I first spoke to the club I knew this is where they wanted to get to,” he insisted. “But it was a five-year plan, so for it to happen so soon is such a credit to the group we’ve got. It has been amazing.”

Though it was a wrench to leave the club he had supported all his life, Sinfield had no doubts about his move across West Yorkshire. He added: “As soon as I spoke to them I wanted to come here.

“The group played a massive part, knowing it was such a young group. I knew some of the young lads - Harvey [Smith] and Corey [Hall] - and I knew how hungry the group was to win trophies. It was definitely something I wanted to be a part of.”

Despite a sternum injury earlier in the campaign, Old Trafford will be Sinfield’s 20th game this season, having played only 29 in four years with Leeds. “It [playing regularly] has been class,” he reflected. “That’s what I came here for and being able to get into a rhythm with it makes it so much easier instead of being in and out and having to get used to playing different levels of rugby.

“The lads have helped me massively, playing behind a pack like that makes my job well easier. It has been great.”

That said, Trinity’s play-off campaign hasn’t been all plain sailing for the 22-year-old, who was left out of the opening round win against Leigh Leopards. He returned to the starting lineup and was a try scorer in last Saturday’s stunning 33-6 victory at Wigan Warriors and recalled: “Daryl [Powell, Trinity’s coach] was pretty clear with me and kept speaking to me all through it.

“He said you need to stay ready because there’s a chance you’ll be needed. I was just hoping we kept winning and hopefully I’d get a shot at the end. I was gutted to not play the week before and to play in a game that big - the biggest of my career so far and Wigan away is probably the toughest game you can have - was massive.

“I was so excited and glad we got the job done. This is the reason you play, to play in these big games at the end of the year. Getting a chance to play in semi-finals and finals and things like that is the reason I am here. Hopefully this is just the start. We’ve got a young group and hopefully we’ll keep getting better and better.”

A Trinity win this weekend would be made all the more poignant by the fact the Grand Final marks the end of Kevin Sinfield’s last 7-in-7 challenge for motor neurone disease causes. Sir Kevin, a seven-time Grand Final winning captain with Leeds, will deliver the match ball and his son conceded: “I don’t think when he planned it he would have imagined I’d be playing in it - it has worked out pretty well.”

The first game Jack attended was the 2004 Grand Final, when he was three weeks old and he was present every time his dad lifted the trophy. “The last one, in 2015, I was just 11,” he recalled.

“That’s the one I sort of remember the most and with it being his last game, it was quite emotional for us all. To do the treble as well, it was pretty special. It has always been a dream of mine to go there myself and hopefully win one.”

Hopes of an all-West Yorkshire title decider were dashed when Rhinos were pipped 14-12 by Warrington in the first semi-final, but his former club can take satisfaction from their part in Sinfield’s development. “I’ve had a few messages from my mates there and a couple of the coaches as well,” he revealed.

“I had a good relationship with everyone at Leeds and I wish them all well, as well. It’s great how they have supported me even when I’ve come here, so I am really grateful for that.”