2018 Shute Shield Season Review: Sydney Uni
It was the perfect ending to a season that not many saw coming - Sydney Uni’s comprehensive 45-12 grand final victory over Warringah at picturesque North Sydney Oval.
Uni’s charge to the title after not making the finals in 2017 was testament to the coaching of Rob Taylor and the development system that have served the club so well for more than a decade.
Still there was a stretch in 2018 where they lost three on the trot but in there end it all came together.
Here’s what coach Taylor had to say about their 2018 season:
With hindsight, how do you look back on the season?
You sometimes think ‘did that actually happen?’ I couldn’t be more pleased for the club from a First Grade perspective. The best part was seeing the rest of the Club and our supporters getting vocal in the stands at North Sydney Oval, we were just pleased to put in a performance they could be proud of. We were also very proud that 21 of the 23 players who played in the Grand Final all came th