The Westfund Ferguson Cup to be split into three competitions as the league's 18 teams will link up with their men's sides for virtually every game this season in the biggest overhaul in the women's competition's structure since its inception.
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The change will mean clubs competing in the Blowes Clothing Cup, New Holland Agricultural Cup and Graincorp Cup South will compete in their respective competitions instead of repeating the 15-wide fixture from 2019.
Women's sides have been added at Parkes, Young and Condobolin for 2020.
The Westfund Ferguson Cup will continue but include the Bulldogs, Cowra, Dubbo Roos, Forbes, Orange City and Emus while the southern clubs will line up in the Westfund South West Cup, to be made up of Condobolin, Cootamundra, Harden, Temora, West Wyalong and Young.
The southern group will follow the Oilsplus South West Cup, while the northern clubs will include most of the New Holland Agriculture Cup sides, with Wellington lining up in place of the Bulldogs side which is playing in the men's competition.
The Westfund Northern Cup will include CSU Bathurst, Dubbo Rhinos, Mudgee, Narromine, Parkes and Wellington.
Last year's 14-team competition was won by the Bulldogs, who prevailed over Emus in Bathurst.
It will cut travel down, too, with sides like Temora and Cootamundra no longer having to travel to Bathurst or Wellington and vice versa.
Central West Rugby Union CEO Matt Tink said the changes had been sent out across the region, with clubs supporting the change and the chance to have nearly all sides playing at the same venues each week.
"What it'll mean is the women will follow the men and they'll always be playing together, home and away," Tink said.
"It's really exciting, the women's competition has been a hybrid of different competitions.
"I'm really proud of how all the clubs have supported the growth of the women's game."
