Rugby league is back! On Thursday evening, the newly-named pre-season challenge will kick-off with the New Zealand Warriors set to take on the Wests Tigers in Auckland.

The 17 NRL clubs - including new entrant the Dolphins - will be joined by St Helens over the next two weeks for the pre-season challenge, with $100,000 in prize money available per team.

All squads are allowed to name up to 28 players this weekend, and 26 players next weekend with the name of the game still to get ready for the season proper, which kicks off in the first week of March.

Set to the backdrop of looming strike action over the non-negotiation collective bargaining agreement, this weekend will also feature the men's and women's All Stars, meaning we will have 11 games to be played between Thursday night and Sunday afternoon.

The pre-season challenge games will feature rules designed to favour attacking rugby league, with teams able to accumulate competition points through the following methods:

12 points for a win
6 points for a draw
1 bonus point for 5 or more tries
1 bonus point for 5 or more line breaks
1 bonus point for 10 or more offloads

Here are the teams and officials for all of the Week 1 fixtures.

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Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters

Kick-off: Sunday, February 11, 1:50pm (AEDT)
Venue: GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Referee: Chris Sutton

Melbourne Storm

1. Sualauvi Faalogo 2. Will Warbrick 15. Young Tonumaipea 4. Justin Olam 5. Dean Ieremia 6. Tyran Wishart 7. Jonah Pezet  13. Josh King 9. Bronson Garlick 16. Jordan Grant 11. Joe Chan 17. Eliesa Katoa 12. Chris Lewis
Interchange: 3. Reimis Smith 10. Christian Welch 14. Ammaron Gudgeon   18. Jayden Nikorima 19. Keagan Russell-Smith 20. Cole Geyer 21. Grant Anderson 22. Angus Hinchey 23. Lazarus Vaalepu 24. Kane Bradley 25. Charlie Murray 26. Joshua Patston 27. Scott Galeano 28. Max Lehmann

Sydney Roosters

1. Ethan King  28. Tuipulotu Katoa 20. William Fakatoumafi 4. Junior Pauga  25. Vuate Karawalevu 16. Jake Turpin 26. Sandon Smith  15. Fletcher Baker 21. Thomas Deakin 22. Tuku Hau Tapuha 27. Elie El-Zakham 12. Siua Wong 19. Ben Thomas
Interchange: 2. Alfred Smalley 5. Jaxson Paulo  6. Drew Hutchison 7. Sam Walker  9. Brandon Smith  10. Matthew Lodge 11. Egan Butcher 13. Victor Radley 17. Terrell May 18. Kurt De Luis  23. Xavier Va'a 24. Tyler Moriarty

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