Bowral Rugby League Club and the Country Rugby League (CRL) have joined forces to try and resurrect the sport in the town.
It has been four years since Bowral has entered a junior rugby league team in Group 6, and with assistance from the CRL the Kookaburras hope to enter teams in next year's competition.
To raise awareness of the club and the sport of rugby league, CRL Development Officer Kurt Robertson is conducting coaching clinics at Bowral primary schools, starting with St Thomas Aquinas School this week.
Robertson conducted coaching clinics with all of the students at the school, from Monday through until today, and he said the CRL is fully behind the club's push to get Bowral youngsters playing the game again.
"With the Rugby World Cup on and the predominance of rugby in the area it's extremely important," Robertson said.
"There's a huge population (in Bowral) and it has a good rugby league history, so we'd like to get back to what we did have with rugby league a strength in the area."
Robertson will conduct further clinics at Southern Highlands Christian School and Bowral Public School next week in an effort to get young boys and girls alike interest in the sport.
The blue jersey of Bowral is one of the most famous in the region, with the Bowral club holding the record for the most Group 6 titles.
Bowral club president Greg Maloney, a passionate rugby league supporter, said it was sad to see a club with such great tradition fall by the wayside for so many years.
"It's been very disappointing but it seems to be a bit of a general trend with team sport," he said of the decline.
"I think parents have trouble because of their busy agendas, not only committing their kids to it, but committing themselves to it.
"We certainly want the new residents of the area to be involved with the fun game of rugby league and hopefully we can get the parents and the kids interested and get mini and mod league up and running again in Bowral."
The club is financial and has a strong committee willing to work hard for the club, all it needs now is players keen to play the game.
"We want to get it back up and running again and we also want parents of the kids to get involved because we need coaches and managers of the sides," Maloney said.
"We've got a beautiful ground, Loseby Park, in the middle of Bowral and I strongly urge kids and parents to get involved and get this great game up and running at the junior level in the town again."
He said many parents have a misconception that rugby league is a dangerous sport, but with the younger players playing modified versions of the game - mini footy for kids nine and under and mod league for ages 10 to 12 - the sport is as safe as any other.
"I suppose the main emphasis is on the three "Fs" - fun, fitness and making friends and playing in a team environment builds good self esteem for the children and also in the community," Maloney said.
"It's a very enjoyable game for children to be involved in and a very safe game with the mini and the mod games for the younger kids."
When the coaching clinics have been done, Bowral Rugby League Club will hold a special interest day at Loseby Park in late November, where officials will gauge the community's interest in reforming the club.
For more information you can call Malony on 4888 2225 or club coach Mick Galvin on 0412 724 072.
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