Roosters fever has well and truly hit Cobar as the Cobar Roosters battle to win back to back Premierships in the 2023 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League against the undefeated Gulgong Bull Terriers this Saturday 9 September, at the Billy Dunn Oval, Gulgong.

This is very evident on the main street of Cobar – Marshall St, with numerous businesses showing their support for the Roosters, and inside the Cobar Shire Council Offices.

One of the player's mother's Bec, works at Ay-Jay's Café, and when the Cobar Roosters called out for people to red, white and blue to work today, she sure listened! "With my son playing on the team, how I could not dress up today", Bec told the Western Plains App.

Bec, cook at Ay-Jay's Café, and mother of Chris Crotty showing her support for the Roosters

ahead of the Grand Final [Image: Emma Datson]

Thomas Plater, Caption and Coach, of the 1st Grade Cobar Roosters side, told the Western Plains App about what it means to have a chance to win a back-to-back premiership this year "It shows how hard the team has worked. We are a new, young side and to be in the grand final again is just reward for the effort the players have put in this year".

 The Cobar Shire Council Enquiries desk showing their support for the Cobar Roosters ahead of the Grand Final [Image Emma Datson]

Mr Plater says the Roosters "like being the underdogs, as the pressure is all on Gulgong. They are undefeated so everyone expects them to win but we know what we are capable of", and of the town's support for the team, "It just shows how much this means to the town and what an impact football and sport in general can have on people".

"We have all of our young Roosters looking up to us and we hope it gives them a goal to work towards. We can’t thank the town enough for all the support they give us and we look forward to seeing everyone cheering for us in their red, white and blue on Friday and Saturday", Mr Plater said.

"We will aim to make the town proud of our efforts, regardless of the result", Thomas Plater, Captain and Coach of the Roosters told the Western Plains App.