Those were Woodbridge Cup president Andrew Pull's comments on Wednesday in the wake of the six-week suspension on all region rugby league at a junior and senior level throughout the state.

Rugby league was one of the final dominoes to fall over as the COVID-19 spread is knocking over sporting codes left, right and centre with most of the popular winter sports on a hiatus.

won't disrupt the competition too much - as it was scheduled to start on April 5 - it feels likely the suspension will stretch until the end of May and potentially beyond.

While Pull's not happy with the virus, or the affect the suspension will have on the small towns involved with the competition, he's more than happy to follow in the footsteps of the governing bodies.

"We're happy to be directed by NSW rugby league," Pull said.

"I had a feeling it was coming so we're certainly prepared for it."

Pull and other board members have already started preliminary talks about what action the competition could take once play resumes, including the potential of a shortened competition in which sides only faces each other once.

"We'll let the dust settle first but we could possibly shorten the competition so everyone plays each other once," he said.

The good thing about the Woodbridge Cup is its inclusivity and Pull's grateful at the competition-wide input he always gets from other clubs which will make the process easier for everyone.

"All our clubs always have a fairly good input. We'll touch base with everyone electronically and once we get a bit more information, we'll go from there," he said.

"It's going to be a vacant six weeks... these small towns really love their footy."

Financial stability is always a concern when competitions go under but luckily for this competition, most teams are equipped to see out the cancelled periods, although the towns might not cope the same way.

"All our clubs are financially stable so the shorter season won't hurt the clubs so much," he said.

"It'll damage our towns moreso, the local economy with the bakeries and pubs.

"We aren't like the NRL who could push the season back... we still want to finish at the same time as before."

It's simply a waiting game now for the Woodbridge Cup and other Central Western competitions but one thing's clear... there won't be any footy for a minimum of six weeks and regional NSW won't be the same without it.

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