WOLVES’ World Club Series clash with St George Illawarra Dragons can’t come quickly enough for me.

It is the first battle of an intriguing weekend, with the expanded concept continuing on Saturday when Wigan Warriors host Brisbane Broncos at the DW Stadium and then culminating on Sunday in the World Club Champions decider between reigning top dogs St Helens and South Sydney Rabbitohs at Langtree Park.

Warrington’s own humdinger with the Dragons is one of them encounters that has got everything.

Yes, for starters it’s England against Australia as well as being Super League against the NRL.

Also, the two coaches are ex-teammates, while the Dragons skipper Ben Creagh was best man at fiery Ashton Sims’ wedding but neither will give a quarter when they go head-to-head.

Wolves captain Joel Monaghan is set to face former Canberra teammates Josh Dugan and Joel Thompson in another historical link that adds spice to this affair.

Richie Myler and Stefan Ratchford will both possibly feel that Gareth Widdop is the holder of an England shirt that they both want, so there could be some desire to try and be the one to stamp authority on the game.

None of the Wolves players have been backwards in coming forward to relay tales of a training match between the two teams in pre-season last year, when we’re told Dragons got a little too heavy handed for the spirit of the session and things got a little bit tasty.

So with that being fresh in the minds of the Wolves players, we’re being told to expect fireworks.

And then there’s the aspect of belief in the Wolves camp that those involved in the Australian game feel the NRL is superior to Super League - another point that is firing the bellies of Tony Smith’s men.

The Wolves players feel they have a lot to prove and are hungry to test a defence that has leaked only three tries in their last four outings against opposition that includes clinical attacking threats like New Zealand superstar Benji Marshall, New South Wales full back or centre Dugan and England number six Widdop.

Dragons, who will be without ex-Wolves forward Mike Cooper following the recent birth of his son George, also want to show there is significant improvement to their season’s chances after an 11th-place finish that did not reflect some of their form at times last year.

On top of all of that, a fired-up Warrington crowd is capable of making it one of the greatest nights yet at The Halliwell Jones Stadium. I reckon only the opening night at the HJ has been a bigger home occasion than this for Wolves.