Christmas is here, and for a brief moment, the NRL world will slow down to take in the holiday period and festive season.
But with salary cap and collective bargaining agreement discussions continuing, clubs still not having full rosters for the 2023 campaign, and over 190 players remaining off-contract at the end of the season ahead, it won't stay slow for long.
Teams will be back training and making final preparations for the new season before long, and every club in the competition needs a visit from the big guy in the red suit this morning to deliver a shower of magic for the new season.
Here is what your club needs for 2023.
On behalf of the entire Zero Tackle team, I'd like to wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and safe holiday season for you and your family.
5. Gold Coast Titans: Kieran Foran to be 2023s best signing
The Gold Coast Titans were something of a rabble during the 2022 season - there is really no other way to describe what they dished up on an almost constant basis.
Both ends of the park saw the Titans sloppy at best and terrible at worst.
They lacked a game manager and experience after Justin Holbrook elected to release Jamal Fogarty to Canberra, and fill his spine with youngsters, as well as AJ Brimson, who was moved from fullback to five-eighth.
But 2023 brings the addition of Kieran Foran, who suddenly has one of the toughest tasks in the game - to turn around this team who have struggled badly over the last 12 months.
He will need to be the buy of the season, with Sam Verrills likely a close second, for the Sea Eagles to go anywhere.
