SYDNEY Roosters stars got a taste of the atmosphere they can expect at the Reebok for Friday's World Club Challenge against St Helens when they went to Old Trafford on Sunday.

Players and officials watched the derby draw between Manchester United and City and found the fervour of the Premiership battle something else indeed.

Mick Crocker commented: "The atmosphere and singing in the terraces from the crowd of 70,000 was like nothing I'd ever experienced before."