2022 Shute Shield Season Review: West Harbour
After a slow start to the season, West Harbour dropped just one of their final five matches in 2022 and played the type of rugby that coach Joe Barakat knew his side had in them.
Barakat has stood down as head coach, opening the door for former Warringah premiership player Cam Treloar to take the reigns at Concord moving forward.
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Overview with Joe Barakat:
“Unfortunately, we just ran out of time this year,” retiring West Harbour coach Joe Barakat told Rugby News.
“We didn’t have a bad year by any means and to tell you the truth, I always knew that our results would be quite up and down in the early parts of the season. They typically are at any club when you get a new coach and you try to change a lot in a short amount of time.
“But we had the cattle, we had a lot of good footballers at the club and we just didn’t bring them all