Rugby League: The Whitsunday Brahmans' pre-season training has begun with a hunger for revenge.

Last year's grand-final loss against the Mackay Magpies is still raw in the memories of the Brahmans, which won all but two games in the 2016 season.

Two and a-half weeks into pre-season training, the Brahmans are pushing themselves to the limit in the long journey to reclaim their hold on the premiership.

Brahman captain Phil Ramage made it clear that his side would be a force to be reckoned with this year.

"We have been training in the heat now for two and a-half weeks, under uncomfortable circumstances and conditions which is only going to benefit us," Ramage said.

"I want to see some hunger in the guys' eyes, I want to bring a lot of passion back into our jersey and I want to see opposition teams shudder when they look at the calendar and see they have to play the Brahmans next weekend.

"I want it to be a real slog fest so that other teams don't want to come up and play us."

Byron Taylor, Jayden Corbett and Tim Bennett are currently in top form and will be the guys to watch in the first match of the season which will be a re-match of last year's final against the Magpies.

The game will be held in Mackay in April.

Ramage said his side's strategy would be to overwhelm the opposition with sheer force.

"What I will tell the boys is to beat the opposition to the ball, be more aggressive in body contact and just have that hunger to show we are very bitterly disappointed with ourselves that we couldn't deliver on grand final day," he said.

"It's the perfect chance for everyone to get a re-match on the team that beat us."

Ramage said the side would commit to stepping stone goals in order to get to the grand final in the third year in a row.

"We have to make the semi's, that's everyone's first goal," he said.

"Once again, we are at least hoping to make the grand final and hoping to go one better and win it again like 2015."

This year will feature a new-look Brahmans side with 12 players departing from the A-grade squad and six new additions to the team. Adam Curtis, Karmon Power, Rainer Power, Tom Faust, Troy Paget and Jack Briscoe will be the new faces in what should be a revitalised team.

Briscoe last played for the Brahmans in their last grand final victory in 2015 and hopes to replicate that success this season.

Leading up to the Magpies clash, the Brahmans will take to the field in Proserpine for the annual Sam Faust match against Townsville Central coming up on February 25.

Faust passed away in 2008 and was a former member of both sides, as well as a respected player for the Cowboys in the NRL.