Maitland have progressed to the final of the President's Cup after Thirroul withdrew from the competition citing too many injuries.
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The Pickers were due to host the Butchers in the state-based competition at Maitland Sportsground on Saturday after both clubs won their respective grand finals.
Thirroul defeated Collegians 24-18 at WIN Stadium in the grand final of the Illawarra Cup.
Maitland president John Gorman said the Pickers were alerted on Friday with confirmation today that Thirroul would be unable to field a side.
"We were waiting for confirmation from NSW Rugby League to see what they could do to organise us a game whether another club from down there could come up," he said.
Maitland will now play either Ron Massey Cup winners St Mary's or Dubbo CYMS from the Peter McDonald Premiership. Gorman said the club is expecting to play the western Sydney side.
"It's not the best preparation to go in," he said. "We were still training as normal to go into the semi-final, I'd say Matt (Lantry) will give the boys a decent workout this week to get them back into shape."
"We've got a fairly good reserve grade squad that will probably come in and run a fairly tough opposed session so that just comes back to the commitment of the whole club."
The President's Cup final will take place at Parramatta's CommBank Stadium on Sunday, September 24 (11am).
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Ben Carr
Starting out as a reporter in Lightning Ridge in 2005, I returned to journalism in 2023 after 15 years spent in event production and technical services. Passionate about community news, contact me on ben.carr@austcommunitymedia.com.au or ph: 0484 524 000
Starting out as a reporter in Lightning Ridge in 2005, I returned to journalism in 2023 after 15 years spent in event production and technical services. Passionate about community news, contact me on ben.carr@austcommunitymedia.com.au or ph: 0484 524 000
