The Warriors are set to return to Eden Park for the first time in 12 years, with club CEO Cameron George looking forward to the opportunity of playing at the venue.

After a 26-16 loss to the Dolphins in their qualifying final, the Warriors will now play Newcastle in a semi-final.

But instead of that match taking place at their usual home of Go Media Stadium, which hosted their finals clash on Saturday, with a capacity of around 26,000, the club has moved to Eden Park, with approximately double the capacity.  

This semi-final marks the first time since 2014 that New Zealand has played at the nation’s biggest sporting venue.

It will also be the first time a final has been played at the 50,000-seat stadium.

While their preference has been to have all their finals played at Go Media Stadium, the Warriors CEO was happy to have at least one game at the venue, which they have consistently sold out.

“It wasn't dictated onto us,” George said on SEN’s Kick Off.

“I've worked with Peter V’Landys about this process ever since we were going to have two home finals.

“We did discuss both going to Eden Park, but he took a balanced position and that was to allow us to have the first one at home.

“And look it's exciting to go to Eden Park this week with 48,500 people. We had our opportunity here at home last week and that's all I asked for.

“We are now gonna embrace a much bigger crowd and a massive event here which will be quite special.”

Should the Warriors get beyond 80% capacity, it would break their all-time attendance record for a home game set in their first game at Eden Park back in 2011, which would further highlight the growth of the sport.

And with their season on the line, the CEO believes there will be a strong turnout to support the side.

“That's the plan, there are so many people that missed out on not coming because we were at Go Media last week,” he added.

“So given the nature of the event that it's now do or die, this is actually a New Zealand sporting event. It's our grand final in New Zealand.

“So, if everyone that loves or supports or wants to support the game or the Warriors, this is the event to go to. It's our last chance in New Zealand.

“With all of those aspects, I think there'll be a huge appetite for people to be there, because it'll be pretty cool to have 50,000 people at one stadium for rugby league in this country.”

The clash between the Warriors and Knights takes place on Sunday afternoon from 4:05pm AEST.

SEN League will have live coverage of the match across our radio network and on the SEN app from 12pm AEST with Crunch Time NRL.

The winner between the two sides will play Penrith in a preliminary final.