In four weeks, the Bulldogs, Dragons, Cowboys, and Knights will kick off the NRL season in Las Vegas.
In just four weeks, the Bulldogs, Dragons, Cowboys and Knights will start the new NRL season in Las Vegas.
With the English cricket team long gone after Australia comfortably retained the Ashes in 11 playing days and the Australian Open now in its final stages, rugby league is about to again become the biggest game in town.
And as Cronulla coach Craig Fitzgibbon said last week during a pre-season training session: "There's not a team in the comp that's not sitting here right now saying: 'We're training well. We're bigger, faster, fitter, stronger'."
So what can we expect from the 17 sides who have been busting their backsides over the summer, desperately hoping that toil will pay dividends eight months down the track?