Canowindra High School, the Cowra-based St Raph's and Grenfell's Henry Lawson High School all took part and Elvy said the schools, who fielded under 15s, 17s and League Tag teams, brought plenty of spirit to the occasion.

"Everyone's competing and the games are pretty close," Elvy said.

"Hopefully over the years this grows and it gets bigger and better and gives the kids an opportunity to play against some smaller schools."

The NRL ran the day at the behest St Raph's teacher Larissa Gallard, who was concerned about creating a competitive environment for both her students and those from other local small schools.

"We run some small schools days, but unfortunately, there's not many within the Cowra area," Elvy, a former NRL player for Penrith, said.

"Larissa, she gets St Raph's into some of our bigger gala days against some of our bigger schools... She just asked the question about getting a few smaller schools together here in Cowra.

"I said, 'Look, we're happy to support it and try and do something.'"

Elvy also noted that with interest coming from schools as far-flung as Wellington and Lithgow, there were also opportunities for to increase the size of the round-robin day.

"It'll grow with a few more schools. There was six schools invited today," Elvy explained.

"Three turned up, there was a few that just unfortunately clashed with a few things."

While local league and tag competitions are wrapping up, Elvy, said it was pleasing to see that so many kids turned up, with Canowindra High School managing to field two under 15s boys' teams.

"We get pretty good support with our gala days," Elvy said.

"Whether they played on the weekend or not, it's good to see them running around doing a bit of exercise and having fun... it's been a great day to be involved in."

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