Returning Sydney Uni first grade coach Damien Hill is hopeful the Student’s development ‘conveyor belt’ can help deliver his new look side another Shute Shield premiership.

Hill coached Sydney Uni to three straight first grade premierships from 2007 to 2009 before coaching professionally in Australia and Japan with the Melbourne Rebels, Ricoh Black Rams and ACT Brumbies.

He returned to Sydney last year and worked under Sean Hedger as an assistant coach in Sydney Uni’s most recent premiership campaign before taking on the top job at Camperdown in late 2022.

“It’s a privilege to be back coaching at this club but there is also a lot of expectation that comes with the role and I’m aware of that,” Hill told Rugby News.