A new year has arrived, and NRL clubs will be back from their Christmas breaks to ramp up pre-season training in the next week.
The final run to the season often brings with it heightened intensity and discussion as fans ready themselves for the new campaign.
This year could on another level altogether with the season opening in Las Vegas a week ahead of schedule.
Expectations are a funny thing though. Every year, there are teams who will go well beyond what they were expected to do, and others who fall a long way short of where they were supposed to be.
But what exactly are those expectations for all 17 NRL teams in 2024?
Here is what your team needs to do to earn a pass in 2024.
12. Sea Eagles: Top four
Aim high and you just never know.
That may well be the order of business for the Sea Eagles throughout the 2024 campaign as they look to avenge their miss on the finals in 2023.
Anthony Seibold's first season in charge on the Northern Beaches was, frankly, at the best of times a bit of a roller coaster.
Taking over from Des Hasler was always going to leave in its wake a fair amount of pressure, and that's the way it went for Manly, who also had injuries - namely the one to Tom Trbojevic - to contend with.
It'll be Trbojevic who they are counting on to be fit in 2024. The last time he played anything close to a full season in 2021, Manly found themselves in the top four and with a preliminary final to boot.
The roster is good enough, the arrival of Luke Brooks and return of Josh Schuster to the second-row should be a positive and it is what they should be aiming for again.
