Moree Boars are delighted to be back in the Group 4 fold and are ready to play.
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However the Boars will only take the field if its safe to do so and have the okay from health authorities as well as the NSWRL.
Moree Boars club president Todd Mitchell said the club is well situated to play if a July restart was to occur.
"The players want to play," Mitchell said.
"It's good we have a date to aim at too. I think that helps the players (morale wise). However if we can't have crowds I don't think we can play."
While the Boars don't pay their players they do have plenty of expenses, such as jumpers and other gear.
"We had good numbers before the pandemic too, we were getting between 50-60 players for the four grades to training," he said.
While Mitchell believes the club can play if the July 25/26 start date is feasible, first grade coach Matt Ryan thinks it might be wiser to sit out this year.
He has a "rather be safe than sorry" outlook on the whole coronavirus pandemic.
"We should be focusing on people's safety," Ryan said.
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"I'd rather be safe than sorry. Once it's done it cannot be undone. My response to everything is to make sure it is safe before play. After all it's only a game and we won't lose anything if we don't play this year.
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened."
The 50-year-old also played for Northern Division (now Greater Northern) in the Under 18's and was on the wing in the 1989 Country Championship winning side with his brother Mark.
They beat Western Division at Dubbo's Victoria Park in that stunning success under coach Frank Fish and in a game where his brother scored three tries and where former teammate Ewan McGrady scored one of the great individual big match tries to turn the game.
All three Boars then played for Canterbury, Ewan winning a Rothmans Medal (now Dally M) while Matt played 95 games and scored 34 tries for the Bulldogs.
He also played nine games for the North Queensland Cowboys in his final season in the NRL and scored three tries for the Cowboys.
As a coach for the Boars he's keen to help the young players evolve and improve.
He had good numbers in training before the pandemic closed everything down.
"We're looking pretty good, have quite strong numbers and the quality is good too," he said.
