The current NSW Health stay-at-home rules saw play suspended across Central West Rugby Union competitions this weekend, including round 13 of the Blowes Cup which would have seen Bulldogs face Cowra on Saturday.

A decision on whether those games will cancelled or rescheduled remains to be seen.

That makes it hard for football vice-president McRobert to predict exactly where currently third placed Bulldogs will finish the regular season, which was initially planned to be over 15 rounds.

"At the end of the day there's not much we can do about, it dare say I speak for Mick [Leseberg, coach] and the players in saying that we would want to play those games, but if it's deemed safer and more appropriate to just cancel the round and play what's remaining then that's what we've got to do," McRobert said.

"Either way I think the Central West competition is a very tough one this year, it's very even. The south-west clubs, in particular Forbes and Cowra, pose a very real threat, they are very strong, big, physical teams.

"For Bulldogs I think making that four no matter where you are, it's going to be a really difficult to win a semi-final.

"Any team can win on their day, our guys went up to Forbes and won up there which is a really big achievement, but we went to Cowra and lost quite comfortably and we hadn't lost at Cowra for a while.

"It's a little bit hard given what is going on to gauge what is going to happen from one game to the next, so whilst we'd prefer to be getting that chance to contest that game in Cowra and get the win and push ourselves up the table, we'll just have to play what is in front of us."

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Bulldogs have lost to Cowra twice this season, falling 36-22 on the Eagles' turf then going down by a point at Ashwood Park.

But Bulldogs, who trail second placed Cowra by seven points, have not always been able to field their first XV.

McRobert feels if Bulldogs are able to put their best side on the paddock and those players produce the sort of rugby they are capable of, they will be very hard to beat.

"We've had a disrupted season with some injuries to key players at key times, so it's just a bit of an up and down season," he said.

"But looking at our roster, our team, there is plenty of points in it, it still has the talent to win the comp if they get themselves in the right frame of mind and we're all very confident of that.

"You look at the first grade back line and you've got Webber, Plummer, Johnston, Tonkin, Davis, Sione Naufahu, there's plenty of points there and it's a very strong side.

"Brad Glasson has been in fantastic form, Peter Fitz, Justin Mobbs have been in great form, we've got some really exciting young players in Zac Taylor and Tom Felsch - I really do think come semi-final time, it's all bets are off."

With the the Bulldogs women leading the Ferguson Cup, and both second grade and third grade sitting in third spot, McRobert is pleased with the way the season has unfolded thus far.

"It's been a really enjoyable season, second grade are going really well and we've got young coaches in and it's a really steep learning curve for them and they've had these really close fought games ... but from a rugby perspective, the rugby has been of a great standard," he said.

"We've had a good number of third grade games throughout the year and the women are just such a strong unit, they have been playing so well."

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