After losing just two of their first 11 matches, Eastwood fans were beginning to get excited, before a season ending injury to star flyhalf Jai Ayoub derailed their premiership campaign. The 2015 premiers failed to fire after the mid season break but recovered in time to sneak into the playoffs in sixth spot, where they ambushed Manly in the opening week of the finals. The Woodies couldn't repeat their heroics a week later in the preliminary final against Norths, but lost few admirers this year after overcoming plenty of adversity to play deep in to the season. Overview with Stu Woodhouse: “It was a bit of an up and down year for us at Eastwood. Our form in the first half of the season was very good, we were second on the ladder and we were undefeated after four rounds but then we hit a bit of a snag. We lost Jai (Ayoub) and then Rhys Allen to season ending injuries but we were still going quite well up until the halfway point of the season, despite having a few guys play