Australia and New Zealand meeting in the women's Rugby League World Cup final might have felt inevitable from the start of the tournament, but this showdown for global supremacy has been coming for much longer than that.
In the 27 years since the Jillaroos and Kiwi Ferns first met, they've been the twin suns around which the rest of women's international rugby league has orbited.
In the beginning, it was New Zealand who ruled the scene with an iron fist. They claimed the first three World Cups in 2000, 2003 and 2008 as part of a nine-year unbeaten run.
