With 2021 entering the final week of it's first month, the wheat has started to become separated from the chaff.
Whether your side is unbeaten or unbackable, each of the NRL's 16 teams still have quandaries to ponder as the road to September begins to narrow.
Once again, here are the big questions facing every team as they enter a blockbuster Easter Round of Rugby League.
Newcastle Knights
Was Sunday just an off day or something more sinister?
Although it is unlikely that many of the 20,239 spectators that showed up on Sunday would have seen the game panning out the way it did, but for Adam O'Brien and his side, their loss to the previously tame Tigers is no cause for alarm bells.
Across the 80-minute contest, the Knights committed 18 errors, many of which ended up with Wests crossing the try line. Despite being far from ideal, at least the root of the problem is isolated.
Pearce: 17 errors is not good enough#comeoutcharging
— Newcastle Knights (@NRLKnights) March 28, 2021
Further positives for O'Brien were that despite his side's desire to shoot themselves in the foot every five minutes or so, they were able to post a score that took the Tigers 72-minutes to surpass.
The loss also highlighted just how important David Klemmer's offload game is, as Wests were able to keep the 27-year-old to just one for the afternoon.
Losses to sides below you happen from time to time in a league like the NRL, but as a side desperate to return to September again this season, Newcastle cannot make a habit of it.
With a month ahead that involves games against St. George and Cronulla, it will be then when we see if the Novacastrians have learnt their lesson or not.
