Mel Waterford, Marita Shoulders, Claudia McLaren, Molly Kennedy and Jacinta Windsor were all rewarded for their Thomson Cup-winning performance at the NSW Country Championships with Central West by earning their place in the Corellas squad to play in the Senior National Championships in September.

Together with CSU Mitchell's Jacinta Cooper, Bathurst will field an impressive six positions in the squad that will venture to Adelaide in a few months.

Dubbo's Olivia Creswick and Jean Littlewood will bring Central West's representation in the Corellas side to eight.

Central West Blue Bullettes captain Waterford was the sole Bathurst representative to make the most recent Corellas team in 2019 while Shoulders and McLaren joined her in the previous year's squad.

However, for Kennedy and Windsor this will be their first experience in Corellas colours.

Kennedy said that being part of such a large Bulldogs selection in the Central West team - which also included club teammates Kate Gullifer, Ebony Fenton, Brydie Comiskey - made the experience at the Thomson Cup all the sweeter.

"I came through the ranks of junior country rugby so that next stepping stone is something that's paid off from those years of junior experience," she said.

"Obviously having so many other Bulldogs girls in the Central West team at the Country Championships made it a lot easier because we were able to keep a lot of our combinations.

"Developing the combinations with the other girls was really easy as well, especially with Claudia directing from the back and with Mel as captain."

Windsor said the 15-against-15 experience was great to take in, and was thrilled to learn of her selection after the cup success.

"I'm just so excited," Windsor said of her Corellas selection.

"I'm really glad that lots of our teammates have made it through. I felt like I learned a lot up there and I've come away with a few things to work on.

"It was an interesting experience because I hadn't played 15s before. I'd only played 10s, 12s and sevens before, but it was great trying something new."

The great news for the Bathurst Bulldogs will extend into this Saturday's clash against Orange City, where Kate Gullifer will become the club's first woman to play 50 matches.

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