Eastwood floated under the radar for most of the 2020 Shute Shield season but then came within a whisker, or a scrum penalty, from winning the whole thing.

Ben Batger’s side will be without some of their young stars until late in the season, but the Woodies seem confident that they’ll be right back in the mix again this year.

Overview with Ben Batger:

“I think we’ve finally recovered from last year. All of us probably still get a little bit upset anytime anyone mentions the grand final loss but that only lasts about five minutes and then we look past it and get excited about 2021,” coach Ben Batger told Rugby News.

“It was a great season all in all, with a fairly new squad and a lot of new faces. We lost a lot of experience from the season before so it was a younger team to what we’ve had at Eastwood in the past and we were able to change the way we play slightly and come together really quickly.