A homecoming of sorts will take place when Newcastle club Kurri Kurri travels to Dubbo next month to face reigning Group 11 premiers Dubbo CYMS in a pre-season trial.

The two clubs will go head-to-head at Barden Park on March 28, with the clash between the two first grade sides to cap a bumper day that will see matches played from under-6s right up to the top grade.

Leading the push for a relationship to be formed between the two clubs has been Daniel Linnane, a former St John's junior who now holds the title as president of the Kurri Kurri Junior Rugby League.

"There's a very strong relationship between my family and the CYMS and St John's clubs through myself, my brother Steve and cousin Jason and the idea of the clubs playing trials across both junior and senior grades is very exciting," Linnane said.

"We've been working hard with Bernard Wilson and Shane Madden to make this happen, and even though there have been a couple of hurdles, it's all locked in now and we can't wait to make the idea a reality."

The Fishies had originally hoped they could host the gala day at their Caltex Park base, but with the city's premier football facility unavailable Dubbo City Council proposed a switch to the new Barden Park complex in North Dubbo.

During a visit to Dubbo last week, Linnane said he was amazed by what Barden Park had been transformed in to in recent times.

"It's just a great all-round facility there now," he said.

"Obviously we would have loved to have given our players the chance to play on Caltex, because it's one of the best grounds you will find in country NSW, but what they have done to Barden Park is very impressive and will be quite suitable for us to cater for the little kids right through to the seniors.

"We have 600 people making the trip to Dubbo for the weekend already, and that number could still grow, and I think they will be pleasantly surprised by what they see in the city and in particular, the facilities available for rugby league."

While next month's gala day will be the first, the hope is that it will be just the start of a growing relationship between the two clubs.

And while a reciprocal visit may not take place next season, Linnane said the opportunity to work together every second year is something that's being looked at.

"It's probably a bit difficult to make it an annual thing but we'll discuss with CYMS how they want to work it," he said.

"We're just looking forward to getting the first big day done and then we'll look at things moving forward after that."