Nine members of the Bulldogs women's side which this season made it five Central West premierships in a row have signalled their intent to play Western Women's Rugby League with the Platypi, as has a member of the 2019 title winning outfit.

It's something that has coach Kevin Grinshaw excited as he returns for his second season in charge of the Platypi's open women's side.

"Obviously the girls from rugby union, from the Bulldogs, are winners. They know how to win competitions, they know how to win games, so it's really good to have a group like that coming over to give rugby league a go," he said.

"You know they like contact which is the hardest part for girls coming across who haven't played rugby league before. Even though it will be different contact, they know the feeling of it.

"There's a bit of technical stuff as far as tackling goes that they'll pick up straight away. We had one training session before shut down and I was really, really impressed with them."

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As Grimshaw points to, the COVID-19 lockdown of regional NSW impacted what was initially planned for the fourth edition of WWRL. It meant the season was shifted from a September time slot to February-March 2022.

But most of those who had intended to play with the Platypi are still keen to line-up in that rescheduled competition.

Though there is a question mark over the availability Bulldogs duo Molly Kennedy and Claudia, who both lined up for the Platypi last season, Grimshaw hopes they can play a role next year.

The other rugby union talents keen to deploy their skills as Platypi include 2021 Ferguson Cup best and fairest Mardi Watts, Kirsten Howard, Xanthe Booth, Kate Gullifer, Marita Shoulders, Teagan Miller and Ebony Fenton.

Fellow Bulldog Nicole Schneider, who has previously played with the Platypi, has signed up as well.

"Recruitment has a lot to do with it. I spent a lot of time before the first year I was going to coach watching the Bulldogs play and approached their players," Grimshaw revealed.

"They weren't quite ready to play at that time, but now they are. It could have helped what we did last year with Panorama, I noticed a few of them came to watch and they might have liked what they saw.

"It's great to have them, like they've won the rugby comp the last five years in a row and they've played against some of the Dubbo girls who transfer across to league as well.

"I think there are 23-24 confirmed playing, obviously I lost a couple because it's moved to February."

While the Platypi opens exited the title race at the semi-final stage last season, Grimshaw thinks they will be able to improve on that. It's part of the reason he returned.

"I didn't know how long I'd do it because I didn't know if I'd like it or not because it was my first go at coaching women, but I really liked it, I really enjoyed it," he said.

"I certainly do think they can do better, I'm very confident."

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