Withdrawing from the statewide competition halfway through the 2017 season, the club was ravaged by a lack of numbers and slipped into the danger of becoming another club that died too soon.

But due to a bold recruiting strategy, the Tigers are back in the competition, something that club president Isaac Anderson is incredibly proud of prior to their return.

"Our recruiting strategy was trying to get the players around 18 years of age into the senior grade, as well as getting the older players back to the club to support them." Anderson said.

"It's creating a junior pathway to get players continually playing with the club."

Anderson expected their round one clash against defending champions Taroona Penguins to be quite the close one, despite the recent gap between the two sides.

"We'll have a reasonably strong side that we are able to field. It'll be a tight forward battle between our two sides so it's one that's going to come down to the precision of the back-lines. With our new combinations, it's going to be tough but we'll give them a run."

With the news of recent club withdrawals of Tamar Churinga in the Greater Northern Hockey League and Tamar Cats in the NTFA Division 1, Anderson believes that going back to go forward is the best way to attack the issue.

"We've put all club issues aside, which included stripping the bumblebees moniker, and created a brand new entity in the Tigers.

"In doing this, we were able to reconnect with our old and successful history and create a new club culture which our players were able to buy back into."  

The club had their unofficial return to the track in the Broughton Cup pre-season tournament a fortnight ago, with the Tigers picking up their first win back against the Burnie Emus as the Glenorchy Stags Harlequins took out the cup.

Centre Jamie Fenton and second rower Nic Sotiriou were standouts throughout the tournament and several players played their first games of competitive rugby.

Upon returning to the competition at 2:30pm on Saturday, Launceston Rugby Club become the second Northern team in the statewide league with the Australian Maritime College Vikings being formed in 2012.

Beginning their pre-season in January, Saturday marks a key chapter in the Launceston Rugby Club's road to redemption as they revive the club back to life for this season and beyond.