Mid West Cup: CSU Mungoes looking to maintain their numbers as they chase grand final redemption

CSU found their way back into the Carrington Park clash against the Oberon Tigers but couldn't catch up as they succumbed 23-10.

The Mungoes knew they had the capability to take down the high flying Tigers after doing so in the major semi-final, though on the big day it was Oberon who looked ready to rumble from the opening minute.

"We gave it a crack and that's all could ask of the boys. That Oberon side is very good. We probably gave them too many chances and we just couldn't run them down in the end," CSU coach Rhys Power said.

"They scored off the second set of the game and we were just on the back foot from that point on. We picked a few bad options when attacking their line and things didn't come off for us.

"But the fact that we were even able to play a grand final this year is a credit to everyone running the competition. Six months ago not many people thought we would be playing football."

But Power doesn't want to let the grand final result bring down the club as they turn their attention towards 2021.

He believes this year's competition provided an entertaining, high level of football - and he wants his side to be setting that sort of standard again.

"We'll have almost everyone back. A couple of the older boys will hang up the boots, like Phil Thurgood, Pat McGarry and maybe Jacob Parslow but we'll have a couple of younger guys stepping up and coming through," he said.

"Hopefully we get back a few of the first year students that were forced to leave town when COVID started. That will definitely bolster our back line. We'll still have great numbers - not something that's normally an issue for CSU.

"A lot of the guys who came over from Group 10 have said it's one of the more fun years of footy that they've had, playing on a Saturday and not feeling too much pressure. We'll maybe lose a couple of them ... but they've come across to help us out and have a run for a year and we really appreciate that."