The under 14 Narooma Devils will play a curtain-raiser for the Parramatta Eels' NRL season opener against the Bulldogs tonight.
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It is part of ongoing relief support from the Parramatta Club who will also continue to back the area following the launch of a canned pale ale at Jacks Brewery.
Kept under wraps until the official launch on Wednesday night, Jacks Brewery and the Eels announced $1 from each can sold will be donated the Cobargo Emergency Hay Fund.
Tim Salway and Cobargo publican Dave Allen were invited along as special guests for the launch.
"Parra has been amazing for the Far South Coast and the Cobargo area," Tim said.
"I like Carlton Dry personally," he said with a laugh, "but it was probably one of the better pale ales I've tried."
"I think Dave is going to try and get some for the Cobargo Hotel as well."
Tim said the NRL trial was outstanding with wonderful support for the area from both the Eels and the Panthers, but as a former Eels player himself, he was thrilled to see the ongoing efforts from the club.
His son Blake plays with the Devils and will lead the team out in front of a capacity crowd of around 30,000 at Bankwest Stadium.
"I'm at Bankwest as we speak and it's unbelievable," Tim said Thursday morning "and the Narooma Devils are on their way up."
Tim and Dave will get to watch the game from a corporate box, while they, the team and their parents were all being hosted at the Parramatta Park Royal.
He said he was looking forward to watching his son and the Devils run on in front of a massive crowd.
"It's a great opportunity for the kids, and they're taking them out to Homebush tomorrow to do a training run with some former NSW players."
Mr Salway said the Eels had always been known as the "family club" and he felt privileged to have been part of the family and wished the team well for the opening round.
"It's a great club, let's just hope they get a win."
Tim said the support from the Eels through the Hay Fund was timely as he and other dairy farmers in the area braced for a tough winter.
"We've gone from the worst drought, then the worst fires in our history to flooding, if we keep seeing the rain we might be able to set up, but it's going to be a tough winter."
"No truer words have been spoken than we're either three weeks from a feast, or three weeks from a famine."
He said everyone will do the best they can and carry on.
"As farmers we're always a pretty stubborn lot - we've got big shoulders."
He said the support from the whole Far South Coast community had been incredible, but he had concerns for others who had lost their homes.
He also urged the government to be more proactive in the clean up efforts.
"We've had wonderful help from the community right across the board and we've been able to hook in and tidy up, but other people have been made homeless and haven't had the chance to clean up, I hope everyone is okay.
"The main street of Cobargo hasn't even been tidied up - I just wish the government had some balls and got in to get it done."