The NRL has been reduced to eight teams, and the finals are here. Four weeks of glorious rugby league, which will crown the champion for 2021.
It's been another chaotic season with rule changes changing the fabric of the game, and more teams than ever struggling in a big way.
Despite that, we still had a race for the top eight which came down to the final day of the season as the Gold Coast Titans blew the New Zealand Warriors out of the water to knock the Cronulla Sharks out of the competition.
The Canberra Raiders were also in the running in the final round before they lost to the Sydney Roosters, while the Warriors themselves, as well as the St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers were in realistic contention up until the end of Round 23, and mathematical miracle level contention until Round 24.
The Brisbane Broncos, North Queensland Cowboys and Canterbury Bulldogs also missed the finals.
But what was the moment where their seasons took an irreversible trip to the bottom of the table? This is the moment for your eliminated club which sucked all the life out of the season.
Cronulla Sharks
Much to Sharks' fans disbelief, the moment which ruined their season wasn't the Warriors letting 44 in on Saturday, as much as they'd love to blame someone else for their own shortcomings.
For a team who missed more tackles than any other this season, finishing anywhere near the top eight was actually quite the achievement.
Cronulla had some pretty abysmal losses this season, but after winning two of their first five in an incredibly difficult start to the season (and being very competitive with the Raiders and Roosters), the club baffingly announced John Morris would be departing immediately.
Craig Fitzgibbon coming in was playing the long game without a doubt, but it made no sense to essentially throw away the entire 2021 season five rounds in.
The players responded to Josh Hannay being inserted as the interim coach by losing five straight, the first two of those to the Knights and Bulldogs.
That tells you all you need to know about that situation.