The NRL fixture, which will kick off at 3pm, is the second time in three years the Raiders will take a home game to the city after they defeated Penrith in Wagga in 2019, and will be played the day after Wagga Gold Cup day.

It is the second instalment of a two-year agreement the Raiders struck with council to play a game in Wagga, with the club also having an option for a third.

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Canberra was scheduled to play the Knights this season, but coronavirus forced the second match of the deal to be held over until 2021.

After the match was postponed, Raiders chief operating officer Jason Mathie told The Daily Advertiser the club's preference was to keep Newcastle as their rival for the round nine clash.

"I'm going to say to the NRL there's a desire to have the Knights again," Mathie said in April.

"They (Knights) probably would have got their head around it and even made logistical plans, so why reinvent the wheel when everyone was happy and just bring it on.

"With the brief discussions I had with the city council, we agreed it's probably as simple as asking for the same opposition. They're an emerging and exciting team, we're an exciting team and both are regional clubs."

As was the case in 2019, the game will be held the day after the city's biggest race day, Wagga Gold Cup day.

It wouldn't have been the case had it gone ahead this year after the NRL originally scheduled their Magic Round for that weekend.