Sydney Uni missed the finals for the second straight season but there were still quite a few positives to take from Todd Louden's first season back at Camperdown.

First-year No.8-turned-flanker Sam Allsopp had a breakout season and won the Shute Shield's Rookie of the Year award, while a number of other young talents debuted for the Students in the top grade.

Overview with Todd Louden:

“It wasn’t the season we wanted but it might have been the season we had to have,” Louden told Rugby News.

“I’ve just finished our statistical report for the year and we actually finished in the top four in a lot of areas across the competition with a really young rugby side but unfortunately we just couldn’t finish the job in a number of tight games.