Over the past few weeks, Rugby News caught up with all 12 Shute Shield coaches from this season and asked them what they thought their club would be focussing on between now and round one next year.

Here's what they had to say.

Eastern Suburbs (Ben Batger):

“I'm definitely going to give the boys a good break. They worked really hard this year so they'll get two months off at the very least," Batger said. 

“I’ve tried to leave them alone as much as possible, but I know they are already talking about going back-to-back, so I don’t think I’ll need to re-motivate them.

“From a first grade perspective, we want to prove that 2024 wasn’t a fluke and at the same time, we want to continue the momentum we’ve built through our lower grades and colts.