Eastern Suburbs were spoken about as potential competition favourites last summer and took plenty of confidence into the 2023 season.

But things didn’t quite click for Simon Kneebone’s side, in his second and final season at the success stared club.

Overview with Simon Kneebone:

“It was a really disappointing year considering all the planning and all the work we put into it. We certainly didn’t expect things to play out as they did,” Kneebone told Rugby News.

“Whilst the results weren’t there, I do think we saw some good development from certain players and that is pleasing but results are what the club and what I was after and we didn’t get them. It was very disappointing.