Hausia has been around football clubs for a long while and is well respected at the Rhinos.

Pomfret is confident he is the man to get the best out of the players and see the side elevated on the competition table.

“Most would know Paul from his days with the Roos but he’s now been with us for a while, helping out the various coaches and the forwards in all the grades,” Pomfret said.

“He’s a man of very good principles and rugby knowledge but will be asking the players for the same respect of him. He’s taking his new role very seriously and surprised a few by his decision to play first grade prop as well.

“He recently went down to the Central West trials to see if his body was up to it and came away with renewed enthusiasm. I would suggest he will be leading by example and asking his forwards to back him.”

While most would agree that the Rhinos have ‘failed to deliver’ in past central west seasons, if the body language from the coach and president are any indication they have a different direction this time around.

Pomfret has Andrew Dixon as his secretary while the coaching staff are Hausia (1st grade), Ricky Medway (2nd grade), Darren Larson (3rd grade) and Ian Burns (Colts).

Their first outing will be in the Western 10s tournament which they host annually at Apex Oval.

This year it will be held on Saturday, March 13 and the club is hoping to attract teams through the Central West and Western Plains divisions.

There are also club trials at Coolah on March 20 with the central west competition getting underway on April 10 - immediately after Easter.

First up the Rhinos will travel away to Cowra and their first game at home will be against reigning first grade premiers Narromine Gorillas in round three, hopefully under lights at Apex Oval.

Regular training is now underway each Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6pm at the touch ovals behind Office Works.