Just not right away.

A six-person committee made up of members from Group 11 and Group 10 is being formed and will work towards developing a combined western-wide senior competition for the 2022 season.

It follows Sunday's annual general meetings in both competitions, where the NSW Rugby League's Peter Clarke presented two options for a combined senior league.

Both competitions voted in favour of the same option, one that will involve all 15 clubs split into three pools of five.

The combined competition would feature first grade, reserves, under 18s, and league tag.

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The working committee has been asked to present its findings and plan to Group 11 clubs at next July's general meeting to give clubs enough time to work towards the new future.

Both the Group 11 and Group 10 seasons will run as normal in 2021.

The decisions made on Sunday bring an end to months of uncertainty, and Group 11 president Bob Walsh stated it was pleasing to now have concrete information provided to all involved with the sport.

"I think what we've done is the best at the moment because there was too much uncertainty and lack of information," Walsh said after the meeting.

"I think the proposal we've got for 2022 is for the betterment of rugby league in our area."

Talk around a combined competition had ramped up recently following the release of the One State NSWRL Strategic Plan as well as the running of the successful and popular Western Youth League played this season in the place of the cancelled Group 11 and Group 10 competitions.

There was little support for the second of the proposed competitions on Sunday, one which featured 12 clubs and would force the smaller centres of Nyngan, Narromine and Blayney to different competitions.

The pool system was a popular choice and it will result in clubs from Group 11 and Group 10 meeting on a regular basis.

The proposal featured a 12-round regular season where clubs play each side in their own pool twice and a further four games against two teams from each of the other pools.

Dubbo sides CYMS and Macquarie will be joined in one pool by Wellington, Nyngan and Narromine.

There will be a strong mix in a pool featuring Orange sides CYMS and Hawks, Parkes, Forbes, and Cowra while current Group 10 sides Lithgow, Blayney, Mudgee, and Bathurst duo St Pat's and Panthers will make-up the third pool.

"All our clubs who want to play are going to get a game and that's what we want. That's the aim of NSWRL, too," Group 11 secretary Paul Loxley added.

Loxley will be part of the combined competition committee along with Ross McDermott and Martin Cook from Group 11.

Walsh said investigating the matter further was the best option, despite some on Sunday pushing for change to arrive in 2021.

Walsh revealed the vote on Sunday relating to planning for change in 2022 was 8-2 in favour, with Dubbo CYMS and Dubbo District Junior Rugby League voting against.

"CYMS couldn't see why we couldn't play now," Walsh said.

Despite the positive mood coming out of the meeting, Walsh stated there were concerns raised.

Media was removed during the discussion between Clarke and the clubs, but Walsh stated clubs were concerns about the fate of Nyngan and Narromine while some of what he described as "medium-sized" clubs had some reservations about joining with a Group 10 competition featuring clubs from major centres Orange and Bathurst.

"Some of the bigger clubs were worried about the little clubs and some of the medium clubs were worried it might last two years and then they would get priced out of it with bigger Group 10 clubs with the money, paying overs for players," he said.

"That was a big concern of Forbes and Parkes."

Walsh added Nyngan president Glen Neill "went home happy" after Clarke had earlier attended the Tigers' annual general meeting to tell them they may not feature in a new-look competition.

Walsh's Group 10 counterpart Linore Zamparini was also feeling positive about working towards a new competition in 2022 on Sunday.

"The clubs had some input and they've decided that it would be a good concept, but not in 2021," he said after his meeting.

"They want to start putting some things into place to get some heavy discussion going on it during 2021, so they could look at the possibility of something happening in 2022.

"They liked the three conference option, which is 15 teams with a 12-round competition plus finals. Clubs were in favour of a shortened competition.

"When it got put on the table, with everyone in the one room, it's different from talking to clubs individually and it generated some good discussion."