Group 11 to meet to discuss how return of season will look

But as the secretary of Group 11, he still has a number of questions he wants answered.

Loxley and the Group 11 board will meet on Thursday night to discuss how the 2020 season would look and how the possibility of having no crowds or limited numbers at matches would effect club finances.

"For every football tragic it was the best news. How many of us watch three games [of NRL] on Saturday and then go to a local game the next day?" Loxley said.

"But the biggest problem is if we can't have crowds, I can't see clubs lasting because they've got to still pay referees and things like that but have no revenue from the gate or canteens.

"It's going to be interesting."

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NSWRL chief executive David Trodden stated on Thursday "clubs will need to figure out how they're going to be cutting the cloth a little differently".

But he was also remaining positives and didn't rule out crowds being at matches as long as the rate of the coronavirus spread continues to slow.

"Everybody should acknowledge the success we've had in slowing down the spread of the virus," Trodden said.

"If these restrictions are in place for another two months and we continue with the same progress we've been making, we can be fairly confident there'll be a loosening of the current restrictions.

"If that means we can play with a limited crowd in place, that would be good as well."

Loxley said there will be a competition in Group 11, with the first round only originally scheduled to be played this coming weekend.

That means the competition in this region won't be as severely affected as some others around the state.

"We're close enough to start so we'll get a competition," he said.