After a rollercoaster season, Eastwood shocked many in the playoffs last year when they beat minor premiers Manly, then almost knocked off Norths to book a spot in the grand final. After blooding plenty of young talent over the past two seasons, the Woodies have welcomed back some big names from representative duties, while premiership winning coach John Manenti has also returned as head coach. Manenti is currently the interim head coach of the Australian women’s sevens side and will likely  be given the full time role after the Commonwealth Games if common sense prevails. But he’ll stay with Eastwood regardless and coach a side that is starting to look scarily like the team that claimed back to back premierships in 2014 and 2015. Overview with John Manenti: “The season has come around pretty quickly actually but we’re all looking forward to getting into it. We’ve got a fair bit of ground to cover to catch a few of the teams who are ahead of us at the moment b