AS Hull KR take to the field at Langtree Park this evening, only the Robins players and fans will be expecting an away victory.
It's a familiar story, one of an underdog that continually has to prove people wrong, but against the odds, keeps biting back.
Written off it seems from the early weeks of the season when admittedly Rovers were under-performing, the red and whites have soared in recent weeks.
Four wins from their last five games, with only a solitary defeat coming in controversial circumstances against Hull FC, has seen Craig Sandercock's men climb the league ladder and underline their potential.
And yet, when they travel to a St Helens side that are below them in the table and have struggled at home all season, the Robins will once again be the underdogs.
For prop Adam Walker, that's not an issue. And the 22-year-old says he's happy for his side to keep being written off.
"It is fine by us if people want to keep writing us off, we will just get on with our game and hopefully that will pay off for us," Walker told the Mail.
"We have been written off all season and been underdogs nearly every week.
"We are now showing what we can do and it helps having some players back. The players are keeping their heads down and working hard and it is paying off."
Proving people wrong is clearly something Walker enjoys, and having done just that in France last week with a narrow 22-21 victory against Catalan Dragons, the ex-Huddersfield man says his side have the confidence to do the same again tonight to St Helens.
"It gives us great confidence heading to St Helens having got the win in France," adds Walker.
"We have beaten Saints twice already this year, but we'll still be underdogs, I bet. We were underdogs going to France and we proved a lot of people wrong. We like to prove people wrong.
"It was a great result over in France. I think they've only lost two games at home all year. It was a great atmosphere over there, it is quite intimidating when you go there, so to get the win was big for us.
"We weren't at our best, but good teams can get the win when they are not at their best and that is what we did."
Signed at the end of last season from Huddersfield as a relatively unheard of prop, Walker has enhanced his growing reputation this year and established himself as a key part of Sandercock's plans.
Still young for a Super League regular, let alone a prop, Walker admits coming to Rovers has seen his game blossom, hailing the move as the best decision he could have made.
But while he's full of praise for the work of his coach, it is the help of one of his team-mates during a tough time that has really impressed him.
"Ryan O'Hara has helped me a lot, he's done some individual things with me and given me a lot of advice.
"Ryan is going through a really tough time at the minute, so for him to help me and put his time into helping me says a lot about him as a person," Walker adds.
"It isn't just me, he puts a lot of time in with others like Jordan Cox too and he's really helping us develop.
"There's a really good set of lads here and forwards who I work with. I am loving playing in this pack at the moment.
"I am a young lad coming through and I get the chance to play with people like Mickey Paea, Con Mika and Cory Paterson, it is great to be playing alongside them. I am trying to learn from their games as much as I can.
"I am loving being here, it was a great move for me. Sandy has improved my game a lot and it gets better every week being here."
Walker will be hoping he's feeling equally happy come this evening when he departs the pitch, having locked horns with a big Saints pack.
"They have some big players back like Willie Manu and Johnny Lomax, so we need to try and get on top as a group of forwards," he says.
"We know as a pack it is important we set the platform because they will come out firing. We have to get out quickly and play with some real intensity from the start."
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