For keen rugby league player Owen Whyman, times are tough enough in the Darling River town of Wilcannia without losing the game he looks forward to each week.The ORL had hosted two teams in each of Broken Hill, Wilcannia and Menindee in past years, but this year looked to lose four of themSome players have enrolled in an Albury competition, an exhausting and expensive 20-hour round trip
"They took the water away, the river, and … the last thing we need is no football around," Mr Whyman said.In past years, there have been two teams each in Broken Hill, Wilcannia and Menindee, but as the season loomed this year it looked as if four clubs would fail to field a team.
Mr Whyman played in a new combined Wilcannia side at the weekend in one of two games organised by the Country Rugby League as a last ditch effort to whip up registrations and kick-start a 2019 competition. It was intended to be a seven-a-side game between the Wilcannia Wiimpatjas and the Menindee Yabbies, but ultimately there were enough players for the full 13 at both ends.Rugby league a social lifeline
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