Rugby Australia on Friday confirmed that matches, training and face-to-face education programs would all be pushed back until at least June 1.

Community and club competitions were already on hold until May but in the three weeks since that decision, the coronavirus pandemic has only had further impact - and all codes and levels of football are impacted.

Forbes Rugby Club veteran and first grade coach Phil Prior says the Platypi players have adapted, and have virtual training happening in Facebook groups.

Although the first grade side bowed out in the minor-semi-finals in 2019 the club was abuzz at the end of the last season, thanks in no small part to the successful debut of the first Platypi women's team.

"They were tremendous on the field and they brought something to the club as well," Prior said.

Early training sessions showed that momentum would continue with 60 or 70 players turning up to South Circle twice a week.

Now the onus is back on the individual players to stay connected and motivated.

"They've got to do a lot themselves," Prior says, acknowledging the closure of gyms is having an impact on many.

"It's you versus the clock and your own bodyweight."

It's not the same as team training, but the videos and messages are coming in of the players hard at work - and now they're passing a virtual ball from player to player.

"I've been quite impressed with what the guys and girls have been doing," the first grade coach said.

But could this be the first winter in 40 years that Phil Prior hasn't donned a Platypi jumper or headed to South Circle Oval every week?

He's pretty realistic about the chances, much as he'll miss watching a game on a weekend. If players don't take the paddock ... well, it'll be a winter like no other in his memory.

"We've had floods in the past, we've cancelled games, but I've never seen anything this extreme," Prior reflected. "It's world changing. It's hard to grasp."

And with that in mind, social media is not only a good way to train it's a good way to check your mates are doing okay.