The only catch, however, is that it may be courtesy of a shorter than normal competition length with competitions not scheduled to start before May 2.

Both codes are two of many to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that is sweeping across the globe, forcing competitions into postponements.

Not only will neither code start as scheduled, they have also been thrown into chaos after a notice from each governing body was issued to cancel training.

Hastings Valley Netball Association publicity officer Linda Dewbery said they had taken the directive from Netball NSW.

The result will be a shortened season for them, but she was hopeful they wouldn't lose as many matches as some other codes.

Their competition breaks for the school holidays.

"It will definitely be a shortened season, but whether we can drag it out remains to be seen because we then cross over into the summer sports," she said.

A restructured competition appears a last resort and an unlikely option should the coronavirus pandemic continue beyond May.

"At the end of the day there's a bigger impact on the community," Dewbery said.

"We've got to look out for each other; it might be just sport to a lot of people, but the coronavirus is impacting on the kids trying to understand what it all means.

"Sport is their stress release, so it's about the bigger picture of watching out for each other.

"We will get back on the netball court, it's just a matter of when."

Gerathy said every option was on the table for Mid North Coast Rugby Union.

"If we could still kick off on May 2, we could extend the competition by three weeks, but realistically we can't because clubs can't train until May 1," he said.

"So we'll have to sit down as a zone and work out how long of a timeframe we can give clubs for a pre-season - whether that's two weeks or three weeks."

While the finer details are still to be formalised, Gerathy said their main objective was to try and get as much rugby as possible.

"We've got to be flexible; our main aim is to give people as much football as we can and whether that's one round, two rounds or one and a half rounds we're happy."

The availability of grounds could determine whether the competition proceeded into finals or if it would be a straight one-versus-two grand final.

"We may decide just to have one full round and then the semi-finals," Gerathy said.

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