Despite the challenges, and the conditions forcing the Dubbo Roos to forfeit their meeting with the Bulldogs at Ashwood park this weekend, Roos first grade coach Beau Robinson is keeping his side focused on the future.

"We've got two bloody tough games coming up now," Robinson said of the club's immediate future following the forfeit.

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Despite not being able to travel to Bathurst due to the inclement weather, the two teams will share the points, after a gracious gesture from the Bulldogs.

"They're a classy outfit and that just shows the leadership of that club and the people involved in that club's character, they know we wanted to play and they obviously wanted to play," Robinson said.

"You wouldn't ever want to miss out on a home game, so I'm sure it's disappointing for them."

While Robinson acknowledges the lack of game time is frustrating for a side that were heading into the fixture with a lot of momentum, he says safety was paramount.

"It's disappointing for us as well, obviously, we want to get in as much rugby as we can, but we had to prioritise the safety of our players, we're all really grateful to the Bulldogs for understanding that," Robinson said.

"They're obviously driven by a guy there in Greg Reid who understands what is in the best interests of people."

While the match up held a lot of promising opportunities for first grade, third grade and the Roos women are also feeling stung.

"Irrespective of what the result could or would have been, our preference is definitely always to play, we had some momentum and we want to keep that going the way we have been," Robinson said.

"It's unfortunate, we had third grade at the top of their table and the women at the top of their table, and then you've got us in second and Bulldogs in third fighting for a home semi-final."

Robinson said the side were preparing for a tough encounter and that it's unfortunate to see the effort shown in training not get a chance to play out on field.

"I'd rather we earn that home semi-final on merit rather than skate by in circumstances like these, we were coming down with a mindset that this was going to be very tough and we really wanted to win, not just earn some points," Robinson said.

"We had a great week of training and everything was going right for us, but we'll just never know how that game would have played out, it's unfortunate, but it's done and dusted now."

The Roos will next feature at home, where they're hoping to return 'fired up' for a confrontation with the greatly improved Orange Lions.