Few clubs experienced more of a rollercoaster ride over the 2023 season than Ricky Stuart's Canberra Raiders.
Canberra lost four of its first five games and appeared certain to miss the finals before stringing together a host of wins that saw it in top-four contention.
In the end, they just fell into the top eight, and bowed out in the opening finals round - but not before giving hot favourites Newcastle an almighty scare.