As with each full round of Rugby League, Round 1 saw eight teams' fan bases emerge with smiles on their faces while eight fan bases have to wait at least another week to celebrate a victory in 2023.
That said, some teams will be far "happier", or perhaps less upset, in defeat than others.
While it took a perfectly executed field goal by one of the game's elite halfbacks to sink the Panthers, the Dogs were played off the park by the Sea Eagles.
As with every weekend of rugby league, there were positives, which we will cover in an upcoming piece, but also negatives.
Below is a look at five things from Round 1 that should worry fans.
Of course it is only Round 1. Historically Round 1 results offer very little significance later in the season, but performances can.
Not all points will cover all fans but will focus in one something that should worry, at least in the short-term, a specific group of fans.
5. Forward pass lottery
Any time we are talking about the referees it is in a negative light. I try to counteract it by adding praise when possible but Round One reminded us of one of the game's biggest negatives.
We now get to "enjoy" playing the Forward Pass Lottery for the next 26 Rounds + finals and Origin.
Josh Hodgson must have a "throw a forward pass but get away with it" clause in his contract. I counted six or seven instances where I expected the call to come.
Fast forward to Saturday night and Blayke Brailey whistled a pass out wide only to be pulled up to the surprise of absolutely everyone in the world other than Todd Smith and his assistants.
Watch this weekend. There will be 30 line-ball passes from dummy halves. Three or four will be called forward. One or two of those will be flat or less offensive than passes let go previously.
I don't want to see talk of microchips and drones being used to adjudicate every pass but I also don't want to see passes pulled up seemingly at random.
