While the club's lower grade sides are preparing for elimination semi-finals this weekend, the first grade side has bid farewell to 2015 after finishing seventh on the Group 11 ladder.

It was a season full of drama on and off the field with the excitement of finishing as runners-up in the pre-season Nines competition soon forgotten as the side battled numerous injuries and controversies.

"I've taken a bit of punishing and it's been a drain," Meredith confessed.

"But I'm the kind of person who remains positive and I've got to do my best for a club with so much tradition and culture so we've got to dust ourselves off and be ready for 2016."

The president said describing the season as turbulent was an understatement with the serious and season-ending off-field injury suffered by Jeremy Smith and the likes of Corey Cox and Rowan Orcher leaving during the season just some of the battles the Raiders faced in 2015.

On top of that, they were involved in the recent heated derby with Westside which resulted in Perry Meredith receiving a ban for fighting while club officials are expected to be investigated further this week.

"You can't walk away from some of the headlines and they can tarnish the image but in saying that there's explanations behind the scenes and I think we've stood up and been accountable and been on the front foot to explain," Meredith said.

"It's been very disappointing and we can't get away from that, a lot of self-reflection will be done and regardless of the circumstances or how unfortunate it's been it is disappointing.

"Because of the tradition and culture in this club it has been a bitter pill to swallow, especially when our pre-season was on-song and we were rocking and rolling, we were runners-up in the Nines so the platform was there and everything was looking good and rosy."

While there has been a number of low points, Meredith pointed the development of a number of junior players and new players at the club as some of the positives.

A number of under-18s featured in first grade this season and the president said that stands the club in good stead for coming seasons.

"The encouraging thing is through that adversity we've been able to blood a few juniors earlier then we planned but they've been tremendous and I can't speak highly enough about the likes of Phil Combridge, Wade Kavanagh and Steven Leaske," he said.

Meredith also confirmed his brother and first grade coach, Guy, would not be returning to the club as first grade next season, instead returning to his family in Queensland.

"He's assisted the club tremendously and he's disappointed with all that's occurred but in saying that he's had a wonderful time with the camaraderie, friendship and bonding and he'll walk away with the experiences this year staying with him forever," he said.