Bradman Cup coach expects rapid development from talent-stacked team

The intra-zone contest starts off on January 5, and Rummans is confident that the side he'll coach is the best it could possibly be after a talent-stacked selection process, despite the hardships faced by community level sport.

"It's been a strange, strange year, everything's looking alright for us right now, though, we should be okay for the carnival to go ahead, all the right restrictions are in place," Rummans said.

"Lately the players - whenever I've talked to the kids - they're really excited to get out there and play cricket."

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The side, which Rummans confidently describes as the best of the young cricketing talent across the western region, will face off with the ACT's Southern Districts first up on Tuesday, after a selection process that was made easy by the talents of the players.

"It's the best of the western, I don't think we've missed anyone there, pretty much every played picked themselves, that's always good when you don't have to make too many choices," Rummans said.

"Their performances have been very good, I'm very happy, I know we'll bowl very well, we've got some very athletic fieldsman and there's a lot of potential on offer in the batting."

"We'll need some clever hitting, but it'll come together."

While the squad features a who's who of young talent from around the nearby regions with the likes of Lachlan Rummans, Anthony Atlee and Tyson Deebank, but there's also others who'll be looking to make a name, like Rummans' South Dubbo team-mate Rudy Peet.

"He's just a great team-mate, he's the sort of kid people want to play with, he's a very positive character and very athletic," Rummans said.

"He'll do a great job with the ball, no doubt, he's probably going to be our best fieldsman and he as plenty of aggression with the bat, he'll definitely be a popular guy in the playing group, hopefully the others can feed off his energy."

While the side is expected to do well, Rummans is not entirely focused on the overall result, hoping to see the side's players develop more throughout the contest.

"The results are one thing, but as long as the players leave here as better players, which is what we're always looking for, that's good," Rummans said.

"Some kids will do really well, but others, it'll take that little bit longer, they might be back next year in the colts team with the lessons they've learnt here or even at other carnivals over the summer."

"It'll be interesting to see how they grow from here and what they do, if they learn something over the first couple of days and put it into practice later, I'll be pretty chuffed if they can do that and become better players."