Christmas has come and gone, the Boxing Day sales saw the shops as busy as they are all year, and the New Year is just around the corner.
That also means the return of rugby league is closing in.
In just six weeks, the first pre-season trials will be underway, and not too long after that, it will be off to Las Vegas to open another campaign.
A handful of big names have switched clubs for 2026, and are, of course, hogging most of the pre-season bandwidth, but there are plenty of signings who will add value to their teams without breaking the bank.
Here are the top ten.
6. Alofiana Khan-Pereira (New Zealand Warriors)
The Warriors have pulled potentially one of the coups of the off-season, with Alofiana Khan-Pereira making the switch across the Tasman.
The winger fell out of favour on the Gold Coast in 2025, and while there are still questions around his defence, there are none around his attack.
Andrew Webster will need to work through his deficiencies, but at a struggling club, his try-scoring record was outstanding.
You can only imagine the level that is going to go to at the Warriors, where he will have the kicking game of Luke Metcalf to work with, and the running of Charnze-Nicoll-Klokstad and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in the backline to help him go up against back-pedalling defences, rather than lines that are set and on top.
