For Warriors coach Andrew McFadden, defence coach Justin Morgan, and captain Ryan Hoffman, tomorrow night's Anzac Day clash against Melbourne Storm represents something of a return to the past.
McFadden finished his NRL playing career with a two-year stint at the Storm in 2003 and 2004, and this game marks two years since his first victory as an NRL head coach, when the Warriors upset the Storm 16-10 in the last Anzac encounter between the sides in 2014.
The trip to Melbourne also has significance for Morgan, as he returns to the Victorian capital with the Warriors for the first time after serving as one of Storm coach Craig Bellamy's assistant coaches in 2014 and 2015.
But the game has extra relevance to Hoffman, after playing for Melbourne in all but one of the six Anzac Day fixtures between the two clubs since the inaugural 2009 match.
The 32-year-old back-rower was absent for the 2011 game, while playing in the UK Super League with Wigan, when the Warriors scored an 18-14 win.