The SIRU committee held a meeting on Monday where they outlined a draft draw, which includes a two-round schedule for first grade and a one-round fixture for other grades.

Griffith followed Albury in officially withdrawing from first grade this week, and SIRU are awaiting word from "a couple of clubs" on whether they will follow suit.

SIRU president Warwick Grant said they will hold a Zoom meeting with clubs on Wednesday night to discuss the draw and said it's important the teams who want to compete have some football to play.

"It (draft draw) is going to the clubs on Wednesday evening and we'll put it to them and see what their feelings are about it," said.

"We're aiming to have it (first grade make-up) bedded down by the end of the week. We're just waiting on a couple of clubs to make up their minds on how many grades they'll have.

"What we're thinking is a two round draw for first grade, and the other grades will be a one round because there's more teams in those competitions.

"It just depends on how many teams we end up with, one or two are just a bit iffy on whether they'll have a first or second grade.

"There will definitely be four, and there's just a couple we're waiting on to find out how they're going for numbers."

One club yet to decide is understood to be Leeton, who posted on social media on Monday that numbers at men's training last week were "pretty poor".

Aggies' first grade presence is dependent on whether Charles Sturt University allows students back on campus next term.

"We don't know what we are up to yet," Ag College president Tarieq Sorial said.

"We need to see if people are likely to come or not. We're just not sure yet."

"Hopefully we will know soon but at the moment we could get a heap of boys will come back or no one will come back as we are waiting on what the uni has to say."

CSU is looking to embark on a staggered approach to having students back on campus.

With the majority of Ag College's players residing there it wasn't what the club were hoping for.

"Ideally for us they would have had everyone back and we would have had our full complement," Sorial said.

"They've only put out rough guidelines but they might change.

"Basically everything will be back open by July now and you never know what will happen to their plans."

"The whole year is very unpredictable."

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