MANDY Scott can remember the days when Central West Rugby Union struggled to fill one senior women's representative side, so that there are now young girls across the region who are hungry to become Bullettes is something she's delighted to see.
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Already this season Central West sent three junior teams to the 15-a-side New South Wales Country Junior Championships and now the region is aiming to fill three rugby 7s outfits which will compete at October's state titles.
"We are obviously building on it and trying to promote it a bit more and with that the girls are starting to come to the games and we are being able to build these teams," Scott said.
"There are lot of girls playing rugby with their clubs, that's girls playing with boys in all the age groups. It's great to see.
"But we want to make sure that they are having those levels of rep to play at too."
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The representative situation is mirrored at a club level, with Dubbo Kangaroos coach Gus McDonald only last week hailing the improved depth on offer within his side this year.
A number of the new players in the side are teenagers stepping into the game for the first tie and the impact has been immediate.
While representative rugby is step up from club games, Central West is proving to be one of the stronger regions in the state when it comes to girls outfits.
"When we went away to Kiama the quality of our girls was fantastic, that was shown by the fact that our under 16s came second, our under 18s came third and then my under 14s girls came fourth," Scott said.
"We had New South Wales Country selections, in the 14s we had one girl, in the the 16s there were seven and in the under 18s there were five, so it was a massive effort on Central West's behalf and on the girls' behalf.
"So we have definitely got the talent here in the Central West, we've definitely got the guts and the glory.
"The girls this year haven't been lucky enough to play a lot of [15-a-side] games for Central West, we do have something in the pipeline for those girls for another game before they finish their 15s tournaments."
It is hoped those teams will play more rugby before the end of the season, while there is now a focus on setting up a strong rugby 7s program as well.
Trials for under 13s, under 15s and under 17s rugby 7s teams will be held at Orange Emus Rugby Club on Sunday, June 6.
It is an earlier start to that program than in the past and the aim is to have the Central West sides get the chance to gel and work on their skills at tournaments prior to the October state titles.
It is hoped a more involved program will lead to further representative success for the region.
"Previously they haven't done the under 13s in sevens, but this year we are are going to have a lot of 13s trialling for a spot and not everyone will get in which is not a bad thing, it's a good thing," Scott said.
"There's definitely more we are working on to get more games for the sevens heading into the summer months as well."
The rugby 7s trials will commence at 12.30pm on June 6.
Those who can not attend can still register their interest by emailing David Craig (david.h.craig@gmail.com) by June 2.
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