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Junior Warrior Rusty Bristow - Source: Photosport
The Warriors will play National Rugby League trial matches next year at Rotorua International Stadium and North Harbour Stadium.
The first is against the Sydney Roosters in Rotorua on February 13 and the second two weeks later against the Manly Sea Eagles on February 27.
Warriors chief executive Wayne Scurrah was pleased the club could take the club to regional centres.
"The Rotorua trial will be a special occasion because it's the first time we've ever played a full-on trial there," he said.
"The pre-season game at North Harbour Stadium will be the ninth consecutive year the Warriors have played a trial there."
This year a Warriors trial against the North Queensland Cowboys at the Albany ground attracted 17,000 spectators, the largest crowd to watch a preseason game in Australasia in 2009.
The two matches are bisected by a third trial match against the Cowboys in Cairns on February 20.
The NRL season proper starts on the weekend of March 12-15, with the Warriors away to the Gold Coast Titans.
