Wests Tigers are in negotiations to take a historic pre-season trial to Hawaii in a move that will take their brand to a new global audience.

The Tigers are in talks with the NRL and a rival club about taking the landmark match to the 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium, home of the University of Hawaii's Rainbow Warriors football team. The Warriors were in Sydney just last week in another footballing first when they took on the University of California in the opening game of the US college season.

The NRL is yet to approve the venture but Tigers officials hope the governing body will see the benefits of exposing two of its clubs to a new market.

"We try to take these games away for strategic reasons, not just for our commercial benefit, but for the game's benefit," Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe told Fairfax Media.