While Group 3 are fortunate they rarely share grounds with other codes, Mid North Coast Rugby Union aren't quite so fortunate.

President Peter Gerathy could be faced with a scheduling headache should Hastings Valley Vikings maintain their dominant hold over the competition.

The Vikings have appeared in eight of the last 10 grand finals, making another Oxley Oval season decider a realistic chance.

"The only ground where we would be affected if we go past the end of September is Oxley Oval because they don't play cricket on all the other grounds," Gerathy said.

"Stuart Park is council-owned; Kempsey have their own ground, Coffs Snappers have their own and then (Southern Cross) Uni have the use of the uni facilities so they should be right."

One of many options that could be an option would be to move any potential finals series match involving the Vikings to Stuart Park.

"We would use Oxley Oval for as long as we can and we might be looking at a scenario where it could only be affected for the finals," Gerathy said.

"We would look at the availability of the other grounds (around Port Macquarie) and talk with the Vikings about where they wanted to play, but we don't want to be in a position where we have to tell them."

Gerathy was also understanding if cricket were unwilling to push their season back to a November or December start date.

"Cricket probably won't push their dates back and I don't expect them to because it then has an effect at the other end," he said.

"But if grounds were available up until November, we would definitely be open to using them."

Group 3 chairman Mal Drury could be forced with his own headache surrounding a possible restart date - one that surrounds referee availability - if and when the competition started.

It was believed ground availability would be the key, but that now seems the least of the group's worries.

"There are quite a few referees who play cricket on a Saturday afternoon, so we probably couldn't play games up around the Port way," Drury said of a potential season push-back.

"Country people play all sorts of sports, they don't just specialise in rugby league.

"The NRL have independent grounds everywhere and they don't rely so much on home crowds like we do."

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