However, just how the season will look remains to be seen.

Pull said Woodbridge Cup sides have made it clear that, no matter what happens, they want to stick together.

"There was a fair bit of speculation and then at our Woodbridge Cup AGM, Evan [Jones] from NSW Rugby League said, 'Look, Mid West are in a bit of trouble' and we talked about different options and I suppose a merger," Pull said.

"Our clubs are really keen on staying together as our competition but we're more than willing to look at options to help Mid West.

"All the Woodbridge Cup clubs are happy to do something to assist Mid West, we just don't know what that will look like just yet.

"We're all small communities, all their clubs are small communities, we all know how important rugby league is."

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Woodbridge Cup nominations will close on January 31 and Pull said no decisions will be made until after that deadline.

"Regardless of what's happening at Mid West, we give our clubs till the 31^st of January every year to nominate anyway, just because of the size of the communities," he said.

"We will know what's going on then."

Talks of a merger between the two competitions began after it was rumoured the Lithgow Bears' men's side would have to fold, but new President Benjamin Blanchard said don't count the club out just yet.

"We've got a girls coach and they will begin training in February but our biggest thing is that we haven't got a men's coach and we are still looking for more players in both teams," Blanchard said.

"We are hoping to get players from last year to come back."

The union of the two second-tier competitions had also previously been proposed following the merger of Group 10 and Group 11 clubs for the new 2022 Peter McDonald Premiership.

Mid West Cup President, Dallas Booth said while nothing is confirmed, should the Bears bow out, the case for a merger with Woodbridge is much stronger.

"Nothing is set in stone, there's definitely nothing set in stone, but it's looking increasingly likely," Booth admitted.

"So while it's not confirmed yet, it's going to be best case scenario four teams. Like I said, nothing is confirmed, there's talks to be had and hoops to jump through, but I would assume that they will throw us in with Woodbridge Cup."

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