Rugby Australia announced on Monday afternoon that all competitions were cancelled and club trainings postponed until the first week in May in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

In the face of the rapidly developing coronavirus outbreak, the National Development Panel, Rugby Australia and state and territory member unions unanimously agreed to postpone all community rugby for over six weeks.

Adamson said there's no doubt the move was needed for players' safety in mind, but said the decision is a big blow as the club gets ready to celebrate its 50th year.

"We've actually had to postpone our old boys' celebration and we expecting anywhere between 500-600 Mitchell old boys coming back for a function up at Goldfields," he said.

"The only way to describe it is a kick in the guts because there's been a lot of planning and a lot of processing through the university and stuff like that.

"Obviously, the safety of everyone comes first but we've been really, really enjoying playing rugby and training at the moment.

"We've just won a competition and everyone is smiling and raring to go. This is obviously a huge speed bump."

CSU caused a massive boilover in the 2019 New Holland Cup grand final, the 30-29 win over Narromine Gorillas ending a 15 year premiership wait.

However, Adamson is confident that the club can get back to playing in May, even if its played behind closed doors.

"I think Australia is taking the right precautions in the way of the coronavirus," he said

"I know I'm at work at the moment but we're thinking of closing up in the next week if things get worse. and the rate of people getting it in Australia is quite high. We've got to take the right precautions by shutting up, getting isolated and playing a bit of PlayStation for a couple of weeks.

"Of course, if the right precautions are taken, it'll give people enough time to recover.

"The recovery rate is a lot higher than the death right. If people can stay home, recover and not catch the virus, of course then May is a realistic time for us being back playing rugby."

CSU, like all rugby clubs in Australia, have called-off training for the current time, as well as its upcoming trial games.

"The 50th year anniversary is the thing that's made us the most upset," Adamson said.

"It's a bit of a roadblock, so hopefully we can change a few dates and when we come back in May, we'll be sweet."

Bathurst Bulldogs president Greg Reid said the club has been working hard in pre-season training as Blowes Clothing Cup defending champions and the move to postpone games until May was the right call considering the health of others.

"From the aspect of our pre-season, everyone has been working hard, but the community safety is far more important than rugby," he said.

"Being close proximity and balls and things, it is a wise decision."

Reid was cautious in whether saying he thought rugby will commence by May, saying "time will tell".

"I think time will tell in how it will unfold in the community," he said.

"If we can stop it spreading out and we do the right things, we might be able to get back into the season, but only time will tell."

Reid said the club has already been impacted by the decision to postpone rugby, including an event in Blayney this weekend.

"We were going to a gala day in Blayney. I believe that's been cancelled," he said.

"Our social calendar has been put on hold too, so we'll make responsible decisions as a club to protect our members."

Players will still be encouraging to train ahead of whenever the season commences.

"We're developing individual training plans," he said.

"They'll be pushed out through Messenger.

"We still want people to be active and it'll be good to keep them engaged normal activities. It'll be good for them physically and mentally."

If the ban of rugby ends of May 1, the return of the sport the following day could be a cracker - the first Bathurst derby between CSU and Bulldogs since 2017.

CSU's first grade team will clash with Bulldogs third grade team in the New Holland Cup, with 2020 marking the first year Bulldogs have entered teams in Central West Rugby's second-tier competition.