THE Caloundra RSL Cup will finally kick off on Saturday at a time when interest in rugby league on the Sunshine Coast is at its strongest in years.

That attention can be largely put down to the Falcons' feeder agreement with the Melbourne Storm which has had the Intrust Super Cup team grow from cellar dwellers to becoming a genuinely competitive outfit.

The Falcons' resurgence, evidenced by the 2200 people who attended their recent home match on Easter Sunday, is set to trickle down to the local competition, with fringe Sunshine Coast players to run out for local teams.

"The vibe probably hasn't been this good around footy on the Coast since the Manly affiliation with the Sea Eagles a few years ago (feeder agreement ended in 2010)," Coast rugby league chief James Ward said.

"The Falcons going to the local clubs will be a huge boost to the local comp as well and every team will be fielding strong sides," he said.

Five Falcons players have been assigned to reigning premier the Caloundra Sharks who will take on Nambour in their opening round fixture this weekend.

Those players include Callum and Rowan Klein and former Falcons captain Ryan Hansen.

FALCONS pivot Brett Doherty and part-time Intrust Super Cup player Ricky Shackston are the other players.

The Kleins will likely feature heavily for the Sharks this season as the two former Falcons mainstays struggle for a starting position in the Intrust Super Cup team.

Rowan is to return from finger surgery in the coming weeks and will gain match fitness with the Sharks outfit.

Callum had to settle for a wing position in the weekend's 28-24 win over Tweed Heads after being dropped from the team then recalled.

Hansen is out with a leg injury but will struggle to cement a spot in a Falcons side brimming with front-row talent, including former New South Wales and Australian representative Tom Learohyd-Lahrs.

Caloundra coach Glenn Irwin said he was not counting on the Falcons players, saying that could have grave consequences for his side's title defence.

"You can't build your season around that or you will self-destruct very quickly," Irwin said. "If they turn up on the weekend, then that is a bonus," he said.

Doherty featured for the Sharks in a trial match as well as last month's Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League Nines competition.

Irwin said Doherty's willingness to dig in for a local club, despite being a former Intrust Super Cup mainstay, was evidence of the Falcons' attitude towards sending players back to the Sunshine Coast Gympie competition.

"The blokes I've got, if they get dropped and come back to me, they don't come back kicking stones," he said.

"They will come back positive, just like Brett (Doherty) did ... I tell them that if you help us out, then we will help you out.

"Your goal is to go higher and we want to be as high as we can on our ladder."