HIGH-fives after tries, parents and grandparents cheering from the sidelines - Group 10 Junior Rugby League president Martin Power admits he is struggling to comprehend how his competition would work without them.
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On Sunday Sport Australia released its suggested guidelines for the safe return of community sport and amongst them were encouraging grandparents to stay away, only one parent attending, no high-fives and no group huddles.
Just how many of those guidelines Group 10 junior clubs such as St Pat's, Bathurst Panthers and Eglinton Eels will have to adopt, Power is uncertain.
He has more questions over just how to implement and enforce them if that is the advice from the state's rugby league governing body.
"The first of June they are talking about having more information, hopefully some definite information from New South Wales Rugby League, but it's going to be hard to work around some of those things if that's going to be the case," Power said.
"Until we get a definite plan in place we won't really know, but it's going to be hard to work around one parent watching in a car, that's not going to work at all of our grounds, I don't know how that's going to work.
"Whether clubs can actually implement those things too, I just don't know.
"With our competition and people travelling, they've got to be able to get in and look at their kids. It's going to be hard if some of those things are implemented, but we'll have to work around it.
"From that I am reading they are just guidelines, so we'll wait and see what New South Wales Rugby League says on the first of June."
At this stage the target date for the start of the 2020 Group 10 JRL season is July 18.
While Power knows kick-off is dependant on the status of the coronavirus and that a season is still not a sure thing, he and his committee have come up with a structure all clubs have embraced.
It features eight rounds with no byes then a top-four finals series for all grades, including league tag.
The president is hoping that plan will not have to be altered.
"That's how we'll run it, the clubs are on board with that at this stage, if we end up having less than that I don't know if it will work," he said.
"Things are very fluid at the moment, it's from day-to-day virtually that things change. It's a lot of different information and it's coming from different places ... so we'll wait for something official and go from there."
Whatever the measures Group 10 JRL will have to implement to see a season go ahead, Power said he and his committee will consult with member clubs.
He knows that things will be different and adaptation will be required.
"Once we get information the committee will talk, then we'll talk to the clubs and work from there," he said.
"I don't think kids will be allowed in the dressing sheds, so they'll have to come to the games dressed, play the game and then go.
"Whether we then need to allow more time between games, that's something else we will have to look at."
