With the home and away season winding towards a conclusion, opportunities for teams to break into the eight are rapidly declining.
For some clubs, fantasies of playing finals this season were dashed long ago, but for others, the dream is still alive - albeit fleetingly.
Each team outside the eight is far from the finished product. They all require an injection of talent in at least one major position on the field.
Whilst contemplating these gaps, we found ourselves pondering a hypothetical question โ if each club outside the eight could select one legend to help boost their finals chances, who would they choose?
After scouring the stats, team sheets and possibilities, these were the champions we thought would make the best additions.
Brisbane Broncos
Allan Langer
You can still see him on the field now. Running water, barking advice and looking fit as a fiddle.
It wouldn't take a Mensa member to tell you that Allan Langer would be filthy about the current state of his once proud club.
If the Broncos were to give him an opportunity, I'm sure that โAlfie' would jump out of his skin to pull the boots on again and right Brisbane's wrongs.
In his 258 games in maroon and gold, Langer was deadly from the halfback position scoring 100 tries and setting up a plethora more.
โThe Ipswich connection' finished his career with four premierships, a record amount of Queensland origin appearances and the legendary honour of having a bar named after him.
Langer currently has a position coaching the current crop of Broncs', but there is nothing like leading by example.