West Harbour were one of the form sides of the competition towards the back end of the regular season.

But under rookie coach Cam Treloar, the Pirates left their run too late and ultimately fell just short of a breakthrough finals appearance.

Despite that, the sleeping giant of Sydney club rugby appears to be on the rise.

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Overview with Cam Treloar:

“We’re still just missing that final killer punch at West Harbour and that’s the big focus at the club at the moment. We’re getting better, but we’re still not quite there yet,” Treloar told Rugby News.

“It’s a cliche, but winning is a habit and so is losing. Once you work out how to do one or the other, you seem to do it more often than not.

“We probably stared too slowly in too many games. We came home like a freight train in most matches, it was the reverse of West Harbour sides of old.