Charlie McIntosh will play for the Border club, while Jack will make the 90-minute trip south.

Charlie is the oldest by two minutes, but he’s not the toughest.

“Well I’m playing in the front row, so I reckon I’m the toughest,” Jack laughed.

When informed of that, Charlie didn’t hold back.

“What a bloody #!&%#,” he fired back with a word that’s neither family-friendly nor printable in a family newspaper. 

“We’ll see who is (the toughest) on Saturday.”

The pair certainly hammed it up when The Border Mail contacted them during the week.

But both admit it will be a weird feeling to play each other for the first time.

“Recently, I haven’t had much to do with him as far as rugby goes, he’s been in Wagga and I’ve been in Bathurst, but it will be very strange to see him in a different jersey,” Charlie said.

And his younger brother admits the unique situation will change the dynamic.

“Yeah, I think it will, we’ll definitely be looking out for each other,” Jack said.

Jack has a slight size advantage at 190 centimetres and 108 kilograms.

Charlie is 188 and 105 and while he will start at number eight, he will come face-to-face – literally – in the scrum.

“I’m going to prop with about 20 minutes to go, so I will be scrummaging against him at some point,” Charlie said.

It will be a special day for the Bathurst boys with a host of family members set to attend, including cousins from Melbourne.

“So it’d be good to put on a bit of a show for them,” Jack said.

It’s often said twins share a telepathy, particularly in sport, where they know what each other is about to do.

“Maybe, we’ll see,” Charlie said.

“I’ll probably like sight him out and follow him and wait for my time to strike.”

Jack was quizzed if he gets a chance to smash Charlie, will he take it up?

“Of course,” he laughed.

Charlie’s reply was just as quick.

“Definitely,” he joked.

What hasn’t been a laughing matter though is the Steamers’ form.

They’ve conceded 162 points in the first two games and were held scoreless in an 84-0 hiding against Waratahs.

Charlie would therefore love nothing more than to get one over his little brother.