Chance for Southcity to learn from finish

The Bulls have played in the last four grand finals, winning titles in 2016 and 2017, but after suffering plenty of turnover from last season could only manage one win in the shortened season.

With the bye to finish the season, the 38-14 loss to Young on Sunday was their final game of the season.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, Southcity's playing stocks agreed to play for free this season and Rose believes it will be a good learning experience for those who committed to play.

"The COVID thing is negative but trying to get the positives out of it I think it is a good year for me to learn as a coach what works and how you deliver it to the boys to get them to understand," Rose said.

"I'll definitely take a lot of positives out of this year."

Rose scored both his team's tries just before half-time after returning to his usual playmaking role to get them back into the contest at Cranfield Oval.

He thought the side struggled to match Young's fast start before injuries took their toll late.

"Young come out of the blocks pretty fast and we struggled to match it but we hung in there, got back to 14-all from 14-0 before we had a disallowed try," Rose said.

"A few errors after that hurt us and Young are a good side and capitalised on that."

Rose will continue as captain-coach next season with the club expecting to have some familiar faces back.

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