An unfortunate reality for those who finish last.

“The higher you finish on the league ladder the more you can give the players on lower teams some stick,” Junee Diesels and Jims Mowing Casuals player Connor McCauley said. 

Most of the players on his men’s premier league touch footy team play in the Group Nine competition over winter, and they take their rugby league very seriously.

McCauley will combine with fellow Diesels, and players from Wagga Brothers, South City Bulls and the ill-fated Wagga Kangaroos, and two Wagga Tigers’ Riverina League players.

“(Kangaroos) Cameron Andrews and Zac Graham will cop a bit of flak,” he said.

“They were wooden-spooners.”

McCauley and the boys return to touch each year.

“It’s good to keep your fitness levels going strong, so we're not all rocking up to pre-season overweight and with beer bellies” he said.

“You knock up a lot more k’s in the legs than playing cricket.”

Casuals lost the semi-final after finishing as minor premiers earlier this year.

Casuals have recruited Cobras’ premiership player Cooper Smith.

“They had a lot more players, I think he was looking for a bit more of a go,” McCauley said.

“We were struggling for numbers, it made it tough, hopefully we’ll go one better.”

Last season, there were five teams registered in the premier league competition.

“Hopefully we can get a couple more teams,” he said.

“It’s a bit repetitive.”

Casuals are likely to start strong, with Diesels’ McCauley and Daniel Foley leading the charge in the middle.