Melbourne Storm five-eight Blake Green says his side will be motivated by the excitement of local Napier fans during their trip to New Zealand this weekend.

The Storm will play St George-Illawarra Dragons at McLean Park, Napier on Saturday night with the game a transplanted Storm home game after the club sold the match to the New Zealand city.

Blake Green of the Storm celebrates a try against the Brisbane Broncos on June 21, Credit:Robert Cianflone

Storm second-rower Tohu Harris hails from the area and Green said his teammate took time on Tuesday to speak to the team about how much the game would mean to people in the Hawke's Bay area.

"We are taking a game to Tohu's home town and he had a chat to the team about what it meant for his region to see an NRL game live," Green said.