TWO worlds collide may be a marketing slogan for the upcoming Super League clubs clashes against the cream of the NRL – but for two players that statement is probably being taken literally.

Big men Mose Masoe and George Burgess will resume the ding-dong battle they started during last autumn’s Four Nations clash.

That clash saw Burgess attempt to smash the strong-running Samoan prop – but instead the England man was sent sprawling to the floor.

It is sure to have to have been logged in the minds of the two huge Burgess brothers on South Sydney’s books – and Sunday night’s collision could trouble those monitoring the Richter Scale.

Masoe modestly played down that challenge – but said he is expecting a welcome party from the bruisers in the Rabbitohs pack.

Grinning in a manner which befits his nickname as the Smiling Assassin, Masoe declared: “I reckon they (the Burgesses) will be out to get me so I had better watch myself.

“I reckon he is going to hit me with everything he has got.

“Maybe I got a bit lucky last time – and it caught him by surprise.

“For big men there is a sense of pride in coming out on top in those collisions and it is a case of trying to beat them before they get you.

“I think there’ll be plenty more in this one – it is a big game.

“The Rabbitohs have a really big pack.”

Having played in the NRL, Masoe knows only too well what the Australian Premiers are likely to throw at the Saints at Langtree Park on Sunday.

But he was looking forward to it, having been enthused by the displays of the group of young pack men champing at the bit for more big game experience.

Masoe said: “Some people never play in a World Club Challenge and some of these boys won’t know what it is like.

“I don’t think it’s a case of me guiding these boys around.

“When I see the young boys training here – and on the field and in the gym – I know they are going to be fine.

“The young forwards at Saints are a pretty impressive group.

“They train hard and work hard and will go toe-to-toe with Rabbitohs.”

The series is being billed as the cream of both competitions in the northern and southern hemispheres – and the match re-enforces Masoe’s sense of belonging in the town he has adopted.

“Playing in the big games make people like us feel like we are from St Helens.

“The boys from here are so passionate about the team and the club that you can feel it in the big games.

“You only have to look at Wello in the Grand Final last year – you could see how much he wanted a win against Wigan. That feeling rubs off on everyone,” he said.

Masoe did reveal that among the 18,000 capacity crowd there will be some Australian backing – for the Saints!

The former Sydney Roosters front rower explained that their big city rivals back in New South Wales were Souths.

“I saw a fan the other day at the Catalans game – he has come over for three weeks for the World Series and had a Saints kit on. He was stoked after the game – said he had enjoyed it,” he said.

The two styles of games are different – and that is something Saints will have to get used to if they are to give their pacy three-quarters the chance to showcase their skills.

They will have to combat the Australians in and after the collision – who have a particular tendency to slow down the ruck.

“The game is faster here in England than in the NRL. Over there they wrestle a lot and try and control the ruck.

“We will have to try and speed things up and run their big boys around the field and wear them out,” said Masoe.