Dale Finucane admits he is in good company. On Sunday he will join an exclusive club of only eight current NRL players to have played in four or more grand finals.

After defeats with Canterbury in 2012 and 2014 and last year with the Storm, Finucane is simply hoping it is his time to taste victory.

The hard-working Storm lock is, in some respects, the odd man out in a group that features some of the best players in the game. Cooper Cronk will play his seventh grand final on Sunday and Cameron Smith and Billy Slater will contest their sixth. South Sydney captain Greg Inglis has made five appearances while off-contract back-rower Ryan Hoffman and Warriors-bound front-rower Adam Blair have four. Melbourne centre Will Chambers is readying himself for a fourth start in a premiership decider.

The common link between all these players is, of course, the Storm, but Finucane is the only one not to have played for his state or country and the only one of not to have won a grand final.