Knights tragic Jake Denny will arrive from New York at 9.20am on Sunday and head straight to Homebush in an all-or-nothing display of commitment to the red and blue crusade.
Mr Denny, who watched last weekend's extraordinary preliminary final victory at 2am in a Manhattan bar, knew he had no choice but to head home for the grand final.
The die-hard Novocastrian and former Silverchair tour manager moved to the United States with his family five months ago to pursue a career in the crypto industry.
Having been present at the 1997 and 2001 grand final victories, there was no way he was going to miss the most important game in the past quarter of a century.
On Monday, win or lose, he will fly back to New York.
"It's been 25 years. I was there for the last two and it simply wasn't possible that I was going to miss the third, Mr Denny told the Newcastle Herald as he was about to head to the airport for the 24-hour flight back home.
"It sounds good now," Mr Denny said.
"No, it wasn't cheap, but you know, you don't want to live your life in regret, right?"
His daughter Lillian, who is having her ninth birthday party on Sunday, his wife Fiona and son Phoenix are understanding of their father and husband's mission to help defend the Knights' kingdom.
"We have been to many games together in Newcastle," Mr Denny said.
"Lillian's favourite player is Dom Young. She has given me a permission slip to go and cheer on the Knights."
Mr Denny has chosen to fly direct to Auckland and then to Sydney to avoid the possibility of having his dream dashed by a lengthy delay in Los Angeles.
"I wasn't willing to go the other way and hope that the connecting flight worked out because if there were any delays I would have lost a day and missed the grand final," he said.
Like thousands of other Silverchair fans, Mr Denny dreamed that the mighty Newcastle three-piece might have reformed to play for the grand final.
"It was pretty exciting. I'm an optimist, so I'd love to see them play again. I'm biased but I still think they're the best live band," Mr Denny said.
"Even for the willing to mobilise a band of that scale and to get them to a level of performance that they would be satisfied with and live up to their own expectations would need a little more than a week. That's the unfortunate part.
"But I think it was great and encouraging that so many people were calling for it. I think they absolutely felt the love."
In further proof that rugby league is becoming a truly global game, Mr Denny watched last weekend's game with his friend Sanka who was visiting from Singapore.
After convincing the barman to tune into Fox Sports 2, they were soon joined by a group of fascinated newcomers to the sport.
"There was a bunch of guys at the bar and a group of other people who were watching. By half time they knew all the rules and we were all cheering for the Knights," he said.
"There was a lot of celebrating and some new rugby league fans too."
