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.
9. Warriors: Top four
Another club where it is impossible to know what to expect is the Warriors.
Like the Knights - who they actually beat in that semi-final before going on to lose a preliminary final to the Brisbane Broncos - the Warriors came into the season expecting little from the outside.
That is where the similarities ended for rookie coach Andrew Webster's side though. The Warriors were excellent all season, turned their home in Auckland into a fortress and wound up in the top four.
That is a feat they will be looking to - and expecting to - repeat in 2024.
That said, the question around the Warriors as always is going to be consistency. The positive this time though is that it is whether they can play two seasons in a row, not two games or two halves.
