The Albury Wodonga Steamers will complete the most unique time in their 44-year history on Saturday.
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The Steamers' reserve grade outfit will face Leeton at Wagga's Connolly Park.
"You go to a dictionary in 2021 and it will say the 2020 season for the Albury Wodonga Steamers could be summed up in one word - rollercoaster," president Mick Raynes joked.
COVID-19 has changed the rugby format, as it has admittedly for so much of general life, amid an on-again, off-again backdrop.
You go to a dictionary in 2021 and it will say the 2020 season for the Albury Wodonga Steamers could be summed up in one word - rollercoaster.
- Mick Raynes
"When players were allowed in start training in groups of five it was starting to look positive for the season and we were trying to figure out whether we could put a first grade or second grade side in and then the border closed, so all our Wodonga and army people couldn't play and the unis were shut, so the kids went home and we were back to square one," Raynes explained.
"We made the decision to concentrate on the women's rugby and the 18s, 19s, the younger guys, and that's probably been the biggest high of the season."
One of those teenagers is schoolboy scrum-half Seb Benson.
"For a young fellow, Seb is doing a great job of leading us around the park," Raynes said.
Ethan Stead has been another youngster to impress, while Sam Seton has assumed the captaincy.
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The Steamers are allowed 200 spectators with those interested needing to register on the club's Facebook page.
The match starts at 11.15am and all club personnel must be out of the ground by 1.30pm, due to COVID protocols.
