After helping Randwick break a 20-year premiership drought in his first year coaching his former club, Steve Hoiles has a bit to live up to in 2024.

Randwick lost to Brothers 25-18 in the Australian Club Championship in March. Despite that, Hoiles seems confident his side will be back in the mix when it matters at the back end of the Shute Shield season.

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“It’s been a good off-season. We’ve had plenty of numbers and the quality of our training has been good but it’s still hard to tell exactly where we are,” Hoiles told Rugby News just before Easter.

"I think last year our trial form created a bit of false belief in terms of where we actually were and we ended losing a few games early. I’ve certainly learnt not to read too much into trials from that.

"As a whole though, the club is in a really healthy position in terms of both quality and quantity of players.