The Tenterfield junior Tigers are encouraging every child interested in playing rugby league to register.
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The club plays in the Warwick and District junior competition which starts next month and plans to enter as many grades as they can.
Club president Ray Sargeant said there has been speculation the club won't be fielding teams.
But that is not the case.
"Everyone is saying that we wouldn't get sides, our under 14s, under 16s or our league tags which are under 14s and under 17s," he said.
"People were saying we wouldn't get it so they were starting to join other teams and everything else.
"What we are trying to do is just to get everyone to register so we can see what we have got.
"What we are disappointed in is a whole heap of criticism coming through for kids that are already joining other clubs.
"We are still here."
The junior Tigers are giving interested players until March 26 to put forward their interest on the playnrl.com website.
Sargeant said the committee will not be clearing any players to join other clubs unless there is not enough to field a team.
"Just register and if we don't have it, we will do clearances after that," he said.
"We are not going to do any clearances until after we have our meeting on the 26th.
"If we don't have other grades then people who go to other clubs are quite welcome to go and we will give them clearances.
"Until that time, we just have to put the anchor out and hang on to the rope and see what happens."
Sargeant believes there are numbers in the younger age groups.
He said there is also the possibility of teams combining with other clubs who are short on numbers to form a joint venture in certain age groups.
"The other thing we may be able to do is combine so we have a bit of our own identity," Sargeant said.
"If we can get everyone to register, we have given them three weeks to attend training every Tuesday and Thursday for the next three weeks and then we will have a meeting on the 26th and have a decision then and see what we can do.
"If we have got six or seven players, we might be able to combine so we can have a few more older games at home.
"No firm decisions will be made until every other club has done their registrations to see what numbers they have.
"It is still up in the air."
Sargeant admitted it would be disappointing if they were to fold, given the premierships won in recent years by teams from the club.
To register, visit playnrl.com and search for Tenterfield JRL.