The Roosters will drop back to the Barwon Darling League, potentially for just one year, following a meeting at Cobar on Wednesday evening.

The meeting was held following the Roosters' inability to field sides against the Narromine Jets in the first of the official Group 11 trials last weekend.

But Quinn refused to believe rugby league in the country was in danger, saying it was due to external problems many country centres, particularly those who rely on industries like mining, are dealing with.

"People say footy is dying in the bush but it's not the footy it's the towns," Quinn told the Daily Liberal on Thursday.

"Places like Wee Waa have changing numbers because they rely on things like the cotton harvest and there's a lot more factors than people wanting to play footy.

"But the downturn affects sponsors and then player numbers."

Doubts were first raised over the Roosters in February when then-president John Claus called an emergency meeting following poor attendances at training.

That was largely due to a cutback in staff at the Endeavor Mine which employed a number of Roosters players, including captain-coach Sione Fakahua.

Quinn said he, in unison with Country Rugby League Western Area Manager Peter Clarke, would be working to assist the Cobar club with the goal being a return to the Group 11 competition in 2017.

Visits from CRL officers and other high profile ambassadors is one option, as is social media exposure and the implementation of business and strategic plans.

All those will be done in order to further develop the sport at Cobar and help rebuild the Roosters club.

Despite so many problems with the Roosters club currently the one positive for Quinn was the fact rugby league would still be played in the mining town.

"They've kept the club alive," he said.

"They get to keep playing footy and they've had a lot of people leaving the town and that's a major concern.

"It's a concern in all mining towns with the downturn in the mining industry but as long as they're playing footy we can help them rebuild and get them back to Group 11."

Quinn added he was confident the Roosters would return to Group 11 sometime in the near future.

He also stated despite numbers being lower than what they were at the end of last season, he was confident across the state there would be an increase in rugby league players in 2016.

"Figures today show we're probably down on the final numbers at the end of last year," Quinn said.

"But for this time last year we're actually a bit ahead and that includes league tag.

"But indicators show we're going to go better and that's the opposite of what we're seeing in Cobar."