After beating Wests to win last year's Hospital Cup grand final, Brothers added more silverware to the Crosby Park trophy cabinet when they beat Randwick to claim the Australian Club Championship in March.

Ben McCormack has taken over from Brendan Gabbett as head coach and is looking to get even more out of the defending premiers this season.

Overview with Ben McCormack: 

“I’m really excited to be back coaching at Brothers. Obviously they had a great year last year and we’ll look to build on that,” McCormack told Rugby News. 

“There was a fairly large celebration period after last year’s premiership and a fairly long hangover off the back of that. 

“We didn’t do a lot pre-Christmas to be honest. A lot of the boys took time off and went overseas, a lot went over to the World Cup and some did other things.