The battle to fight for one of Coonabaran’s most iconic sports clubs is over.

The Kookas rugby side who have been popular and main force in recent competitions will not be fielding a team for the 2025 Coonabarabran in the Oils Plus for many years won’t be there.

Central West Rugby Union President Jarrod Simpson said ‘’It's heartbreaking for the proud club but they couldn’t get the player numbers.’’

‘’There is hope for 2026," Jarrod Simpson said.

The Coonabarabran Rugby Club had all hands on deck in a bid to find enough players to field a team this year

But they have come up short, even after five very successful years where the Kookaburras made semi-finals constantly and won two premierships.

"Those days unfortunately are behind us as the club looks to rebuild following former player retirements, injuries and others heading off to the Unicorns to play some league under popular coach Nick Willoughby."

"Coach Alexander Knight is a well-liked and friendly guy and is doing all he can rally up some more players.

"He is being well assisted by Lachie Stokie and between them I understand training has been well structured with a mixing of fitness and skills.

"However there are only 8 to 10 players committed for the year," a spokesperson for the club said.

At a recent meeting the club's committee appealed to some uncommitted local players to come along to Thursday trainings at 6.30pm at No3 oval.

The discussion also involved approaching former players and Kookaburra Juniors who now may live in Tamworth, Dubbo, Orange, Narrabri etc to fill in on home or away games.

The club had support from valued sponsor Imperial Hotel and local farmers for potential jobs and NSW Rugby also offered free registration but finally the numbers weren't there.

The Oilsplus Cup Competition is organised by Central West Rugby Union and is tailored specifically for smaller Clubs.

The Oilsplus Cup generally involves teams from Yeoval, Wellington, Guerie, Coolah, Coonabarabran, Canowindra and Molong.