By MARK CASHMAN

You’d have to mark down Warringah as the big improvers of the 2021 Shute Shield season and it must be said that they were gaining momentum as the competition was called to a halt.

Coach Mike Ruthven had the Rats playing some pretty good footy and the input and value he was getting from his coaching team (that of course included Geoff Toovey) was significant.

Until his injury Ben Marr must have been the best non contracted players in the Shute Shield and there was some significant development in the game of flyhalf Dean Blore and prop Sateki Latu.