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v46rl" data-testid="headline" itemProp="headline">Beastie noise: Why rise of Sydney’s strongest rugby club has caused a loud stir</h1><div class="D9oxP"><div class="t6EWl"><p><span class="U87w8">By </span><span class="YatuQ"><span><span data-testid="byline"><a href="/by/iain-payten-p4yvrz" title="Articles by Iain Payten">Iain Payten</a></span></span></span></p><time class="xt6gv" data-testid="datetime" dateTime="2024-08-23T17:45:00+08:00">August 23, 2024</time></div></div></div><div class="_3hysg" data-testid="lead-image"><figure class="_2ZLD6 DUYPj _6-Dva"><picture class=""><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1878%2C$multiply_1.4504%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_88%2C$y_134/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1878%2C$multiply_2.9008%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_88%2C$y_134/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33 2x" 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But the mantra is still around – it has just shifted postcodes.</p><p>This year, the Uni-style dominance has been found across town at Woollahra Oval, and it has stirred up such strong emotion and even vitriol that the refrain these days is now: “Anyone but Easts”.</p><p>The Eastern Suburbs Rugby club, to be exact. Or colloquially, the “Beasties”.</p><p>This year, after a relatively quiet period of construction, Easts have risen dramatically to take the mantle of Sydney’s strongest rugby club. Easts won minor premierships in the Shute Shield and the three other men’s grade competitions, and they won the minor premiership in two of the three colts competitions as well.</p><p>In a combined 118 men’s competition games, Easts only lost 17 of them. It was more than enough to give them their first club championship crown since a shared title in 1971, and as the Shute Shield and SRU enters the semi-finals this weekend, every grade is still alive and hunting premierships.</p></div><div class="DleOj"><div class="container"><div class="adWrapper IMjKL noPrint" data-testid="ad"><small class="CtZLl">Advertisement</small><div class="" id="adspot-728x90_970x250-pos2-desktop"></div></div></div></div><div class="Hy4HP DDAG1 Wf6Y9" data-testid="body-content"><figure class="_2ZLD6 U-JKO"><picture class=""><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.0582%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_2.1164%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33 2x" height="534" width="800"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33 2x" height="464" width="696"/><img alt="The Easts first grade side after beating Newcastle at Allianz Stadium in July." loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33" height="390" width="584" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.133%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_70%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/b1248e7d6bbee0bd3a12ff0750ea0be1882e5d33 2x"/></picture><figcaption class="jg6iR"><p><span class="">The Easts first grade side after beating Newcastle at Allianz Stadium in July.</span><cite class=""><span class="ag1eF">Credit: </span>Karen Watson/SPA/Easts</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>The Easts first-grade team, coached by former Waratah Ben Batger and stocked with Super Rugby stars, will face Warringah at North Sydney Oval on Saturday as they pursue their first Shute Shield title in 55 years. The club last won the 102-year-old trophy way back in 1969, with a side whose photo has been aired plenty in recent times due to presence of Chris Dawson, of <a href="/link/follow-20170101-p5jl3a"><em>Teacher’s Pet</em> infamy</a>. The previous title before that was 1947.</p><p>Normally, many would cheer for a foundation club to break a long-standing drought. But after a year of off-field drama, it’s fair to say the Rats will have the neutrals behind them.</p><p>Easts have this year found themselves the target of scrutiny – from officials and rivals alike – as controversy dogged the club’s successful season. In April, Easts were investigated for <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/shute-shield-racist-abuse-proven-but-easts-cleared-of-code-of-conduct-breach-20240425-p5fmil.html">racial abuse of West Harbour players</a> by fans at a pre-season trial at Woollahra Oval, and though an independent panel determined the abuse had occurred, there was insufficient evidence to prove it came from Easts fans.</p><p>Easts were <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/shute-shield-teams-consider-awards-boycott-after-powerhouse-club-escapes-penalty-for-breach-20240723-p5jvvh.html">investigated again recently</a> after a proven breach of the player points system – the talent equalisation device that stops clubs from hoarding an unfair number of stars. The club explained the error and were initially let off by the SRU, but that decision prompted outrage from rival clubs and a subsequent investigation <a href="https://shuteshield.rugby/news/sydney-rugby-union-statement-202489" rel="noopener" target="_blank">stripped Easts of five points</a>.</p><p>It wasn’t enough to stop them winning the minor premiership, though, and it also didn’t stop the anti-Easts barbs flying on social media, and from rival clubs.</p></div><div class="DleOj"><div class="container"><div class="adWrapper IMjKL noPrint" data-testid="ad"><small class="CtZLl">Advertisement</small><div class="" id="adspot-728x90_970x250-pos3-desktop"></div></div></div></div><div class="Hy4HP DDAG1 Wf6Y9" data-testid="body-content"><p>The tricolours have stars all over the field, and have fielded nine Super Rugby players this year, including Wallabies wing Darby Lancaster, Waratahs halves Teddy Wilson and Jack Bowen, and NSW forwards Charlie Gamble, Fergus-Lee Warner and Miles Amatosero.</p><p>Privately, many clubs question the ability of Easts to have not only stayed points compliant, but also under the SRU salary cap of $227,000.</p><p>“I have been surprised by the extent of [the criticism]. But I called up my mates at Uni and they just laughed at me and said, ‘Harden up, we have been copping this for 20 years’,” Easts president Dave Allen said.</p><div class="J-2pM ZfcXI noPrint"><span class="wekbt JWiCP tcU5i"><span class="EaK8B"></span><span class="q4Eba">Loading</span></span></div><p>“We got docked five points and that’s fine. That’s the way they saw it in the end. We didn’t appeal, we got on with it. But there still seems to be a lot of animosity.”</p><p>The club’s resurgence began in 2014, when they were in dire straits financially. Benefactors helped stave off the sale of Easts’ clubhouse, something other clubs have had to do since Rugby Australia turned off the funding tap, and Sydney businessman John Murray, who was then president, began the turnaround by redeveloping the clubhouse.</p><p>“2014 was probably the nadir for the club. When people said, ‘How are you going to turn Easts around?’ I said, ‘Well I am going to start with the food’,” Murray said. “People thought that was crazy but the board decided coming down to Easts should be a fabulous experience for everybody.”</p></div><div class="DleOj"><div class="container"><div class="adWrapper IMjKL noPrint" data-testid="ad"><small class="CtZLl">Advertisement</small><div class="" id="adspot-728x90_970x250-pos4-desktop"></div></div></div></div><div class="Hy4HP DDAG1 Wf6Y9" data-testid="body-content"><figure class="_2ZLD6 U-JKO"><picture class=""><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_1.0582%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_2.1164%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d 2x" height="534" width="800"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d 2x" height="464" width="696"/><img alt="The 1969 Eastern Suburbs team, captained by Peter Crittle and also featuring Paul and Chris Dawson." loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d" height="390" width="584" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_19/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/a89a36ad9138fd667902fb88066452f07865af5d 2x"/></picture><figcaption class="jg6iR"><p><span class="">The 1969 Eastern Suburbs team, captained by Peter Crittle and also featuring Paul and Chris Dawson.</span><cite class=""><span class="ag1eF">Credit: </span>Fairfax Media</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>The Easts clubhouse is now a thriving function centre, bar and restaurant, and along with a strong Easts foundation, it pumps money into the Easts rugby program. In 2020, Easts hired former Sydney Sixers general manager Dom Remond as chief executive, and his commercial nous further bolstered the club revenues.</p><p>With a strong financial base, the club sought to climb and invested heavily in coaching and facilities. And Allen, who succeeded Murray as president in 2021, said he had no qualms in copying the best: Sydney Uni.</p><p>“We used to call Uni the ‘Death Star’ but I always thought how everyone had that, almost hate, towards Uni pretty childish,” Allen said. “Surely we should just be looking at what they’re doing and seeing what we can learn from them. But sometimes in Australian rugby it can be a bit like that. It is easier to tear someone down than learn.”</p><figure class="_2ZLD6 U-JKO"><picture class=""><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_1.0582%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_2.1164%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198 2x" height="534" width="800"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198 2x" height="464" width="696"/><img alt="Waratahs five-eighth Jack Bowen clearing the ball for Easts." loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198" height="390" width="584" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.113%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/c5bb26eb02d6324312d0facb498312736c921198 2x"/></picture><figcaption class="jg6iR"><p><span class="">Waratahs five-eighth Jack Bowen clearing the ball for Easts.</span><cite class=""><span class="ag1eF">Credit: </span>Karen Watson</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>Allen sat with Sydney Uni boss David Mortimer, who generously shared the blue-and-gold playbook. Like Uni, the two focus points for Easts became strengthening the colts program, and building up a mentoring group that could attract players to the rugby club, and then help them succeed away from rugby.</p><p>“They have “Friends of Sydney Uni” and we basically just did a copy and paste of that,” Allens said. “Ours is called Future Leaders, and we have 30 kids – guys and girls – across all the different teams that really wanted to excel in life. A lot of them are from out of town, country kids, and getting them the right network connections … we recognise 95 per cent of the kids, despite best intentions, are never going to be professional rugby players.”</p></div><div class="DleOj"><div class="container"><div class="adWrapper IMjKL noPrint" data-testid="ad"><small class="CtZLl">Advertisement</small><div class="" id="adspot-728x90_970x250-pos5-desktop"></div></div></div></div><div class="Hy4HP DDAG1 Wf6Y9" data-testid="body-content"><p>Easts employed Pauli Taumoepeau (who went onto become Waratahs forwards coach) to revitalise the colts program, and the talent began to flow through to grade.</p><p>Easts began to win lower grade competitions but Shute Shield success eluded them, and after finishing 10th last year, Batger was recruited from Eastwood. He brought experienced assistants Brian “Billy” Melrose and Jed Gillespie with him, along with a handful of players and an uncompromising attitude about winning silverware.</p><p>“We have won pretty much every premiership other than first grade in the last three years,” Remond said. “So we have been building towards it. But getting a coach in here who knows how to be competitive and win Shute Shield has been a major difference.”</p><p>Batger’s pursuit of a winning edge clearly ruffled feathers among Shute Shield rivals. At the end of season awards, he was not one of three nominees for coach of the year – a prize voted on by the 12 Shute Shield coaches.</p><figure class="_2ZLD6 U-JKO"><picture class=""><source media="(min-width: 1024px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_1.0582%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_2.1164%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577 2x" height="534" width="800"/><source media="(min-width: 768px)" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_0.9206%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_1.8413%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577 2x" height="464" width="696"/><img alt="Eastern Suburbs chief executive Dom Remond." loading="lazy" src="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577" height="390" width="584" srcSet="https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577, https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.154%2C$multiply_1.545%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_1%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_62%2Cf_auto/9e7a406019f8cd57cb20496b91ef7cf64bc50577 2x"/></picture><figcaption class="jg6iR"><p><span class="">Eastern Suburbs chief executive Dom Remond.</span><cite class=""><span class="ag1eF">Credit: </span>Wolter Peeters</cite></p></figcaption></figure><p>The award was shared by Stephen Hoiles - the coach of 2023 premiers Randwick - and Gordon’s Harry Felihy [Norths’ Zak Beer was the third nominee]. Hoiles and Felihy were deservedly recognised for strong seasons, but Easts were bemused Batger didn’t get a look-in.</p></div><div class="DleOj"><div class="container"><div class="adWrapper IMjKL noPrint" data-testid="ad"><small class="CtZLl">Advertisement</small><div class="" id="adspot-728x90_970x250-pos6-desktop"></div></div></div></div><div class="Hy4HP DDAG1 Wf6Y9" data-testid="body-content"><p>“You’d think going 10th to first he’d be in the mix, but he didn’t even get nominated. It’s a bit laughable,” Allen said.</p><p>Asked if they are salary cap compliant, Allen said “absolutely and unequivocally” and added the club’s strength – and proximity to Bondi Beach – often sees overseas players “literally rock up and want to join the club” for a stint.</p><p>Remond says of the whispering campaign against Easts’ salary cap and points tallies: “It’s very petty. As [NSW State of Origin coach] Madge Maguire said, “glass houses”. That’s all I am going to say. We are squeaky clean. You have to be.</p><p>“But I will say there needs to be a whole lot more robustness, as we have seen with the points system, but also with salary cap auditing in the future.”</p><p>It may have taken time to tot up all the minor premierships but there is no chicken counting just yet. Allen is acutely aware of the pain of an unfulfilled season, after playing in the Easts first-grade side in 2000 that was undefeated but got bundled out in the finals - by Uni.</p><p>“There is definitely a lot of pride about the club’s efforts this year,” Allen said.</p><p>“But let’s be honest, mate, no-one remembers minor premiers. There’s work to do.”</p><p><i><b>Watch the <a href="https://www.stan.com.au/watch/sport/rugby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Shute Shield</a> Semi Final doubleheader this Saturday with <a href="https://www.stan.com.au/watch/sport/rugby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Randwick v Northern Suburbs</a> (12:30pm AEST) and <a href="https://www.stan.com.au/watch/sport/rugby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Eastern Suburbs v Warringah</a> (3pm AEST) ad-free, live and on demand on the Home of Rugby, Stan Sport.</b></i><strong></strong></p></div></div></div><div></div><div class="WzQM5 lDEzm"><section class="frYZg noPrint" id="endOfArticle"><div class="KW19t"><div class="wMz9s EUHyR"><button aria-checked="false" aria-describedby="saveTooltip" aria-label="Save article to read later" class="lYnY4" role="switch" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="kTpHl IIE5G" focusable="false" height="1em" width="1em"><use xlink:href="#icon-save"></use></svg><span class="_1UKiw">Save</span></button><div 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But after a year of off-field drama, it\\u2019s fair to say the Rats will have the neutrals behind them.</p><p>Easts have this year found themselves the target of scrutiny \\u2013 from officials and rivals alike \\u2013 as controversy dogged the club\\u2019s successful season. In April, Easts were investigated for <x-placeholder id=\\\"4159a6a41598063824b5790fc761cbfc1c6b4a48\\\"></x-placeholder> by fans at a pre-season trial at Woollahra Oval, and though an independent panel determined the abuse had occurred, there was insufficient evidence to prove it came from Easts fans.</p><p>Easts were <x-placeholder id=\\\"b69f53ef52a8dae32e11e028dcf91910cd53aa89\\\"></x-placeholder> after a proven breach of the player points system \\u2013 the talent equalisation device that stops clubs from hoarding an unfair number of stars. 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But I called up my mates at Uni and they just laughed at me and said, \\u2018Harden up, we have been copping this for 20 years\\u2019,\\u201D Easts president Dave Allen said.</p><x-placeholder id=\\\"a4d6ca42271c423957e35aa23832761a76d272ef\\\"></x-placeholder><p>\\u201CWe got docked five points and that\\u2019s fine. That\\u2019s the way they saw it in the end. We didn\\u2019t appeal, we got on with it. But there still seems to be a lot of animosity.\\u201D</p><p>The club\\u2019s resurgence began in 2014, when they were in dire straits financially. Benefactors helped stave off the sale of Easts\\u2019 clubhouse, something other clubs have had to do since Rugby Australia turned off the funding tap, and Sydney businessman John Murray, who was then president, began the turnaround by redeveloping the clubhouse.</p><p>\\u201C2014 was probably the nadir for the club. When people said, \\u2018How are you going to turn Easts around?\\u2019 I said, \\u2018Well I am going to start with the food\\u2019,\\u201D Murray said. \\u201CPeople thought that was crazy but the board decided coming down to Easts should be a fabulous experience for everybody.\\u201D</p><x-placeholder id=\\\"56ae4bba14d87b07121559113546df28b1187401\\\"></x-placeholder><p>The Easts clubhouse is now a thriving function centre, bar and restaurant, and along with a strong Easts foundation, it pumps money into the Easts rugby program. In 2020, Easts hired former Sydney Sixers general manager Dom Remond as chief executive, and his commercial nous further bolstered the club revenues.</p><p>With a strong financial base, the club sought to climb and invested heavily in coaching and facilities. And Allen, who succeeded Murray as president in 2021, said he had no qualms in copying the best: Sydney Uni.</p><p>\\u201CWe used to call Uni the \\u2018Death Star\\u2019 but I always thought how everyone had that, almost hate, towards Uni pretty childish,\\u201D Allen said. \\u201CSurely we should just be looking at what they\\u2019re doing and seeing what we can learn from them. But sometimes in Australian rugby it can be a bit like that. It is easier to tear someone down than learn.\\u201D</p><x-placeholder id=\\\"af552523416ad88ef87b7c5a8ad982cfcc73264f\\\"></x-placeholder><p>Allen sat with Sydney Uni boss David Mortimer, who generously shared the blue-and-gold playbook. Like Uni, the two focus points for Easts became strengthening the colts program, and building up a mentoring group that could attract players to the rugby club, and then help them succeed away from rugby.</p><p>\\u201CThey have \\u201CFriends of Sydney Uni\\u201D and we basically just did a copy and paste of that,\\u201D Allens said. \\u201COurs is called Future Leaders, and we have 30 kids \\u2013 guys and girls \\u2013 across all the different teams that really wanted to excel in life. A lot of them are from out of town, country kids, and getting them the right network connections \\u2026 we recognise 95 per cent of the kids, despite best intentions, are never going to be professional rugby players.\\u201D</p><x-placeholder id=\\\"e7f8a3364b737dc34233972dbe504a1bfe4a863c\\\"></x-placeholder><p>Easts employed Pauli Taumoepeau (who went onto become Waratahs forwards coach) to revitalise the colts program, and the talent began to flow through to grade.</p><p>Easts began to win lower grade competitions but Shute Shield success eluded them, and after finishing 10th last year, Batger was recruited from Eastwood. He brought experienced assistants Brian \\u201CBilly\\u201D Melrose and Jed Gillespie with him, along with a handful of players and an uncompromising attitude about winning silverware.</p><p>\\u201CWe have won pretty much every premiership other than first grade in the last three years,\\u201D Remond said. \\u201CSo we have been building towards it. But getting a coach in here who knows how to be competitive and win Shute Shield has been a major difference.\\u201D</p><p>Batger\\u2019s pursuit of a winning edge clearly ruffled feathers among Shute Shield rivals. At the end of season awards, he was not one of three nominees for coach of the year \\u2013 a prize voted on by the 12 Shute Shield coaches.</p><x-placeholder id=\\\"67b259bb530e011157710afe11f13e1b454134f2\\\"></x-placeholder><p>The award was shared by Stephen Hoiles - the coach of 2023 premiers Randwick - and Gordon\\u2019s Harry Felihy [Norths\\u2019 Zak Beer was the third nominee]. Hoiles and Felihy were deservedly recognised for strong seasons, but Easts were bemused Batger didn\\u2019t get a look-in.</p><p>\\u201CYou\\u2019d think going 10th to first he\\u2019d be in the mix, but he didn\\u2019t even get nominated. 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