Although we’re now ‘only’ less than two months away from the NRL season, it still seems like an eternity for those of us who live and breathe rugby league.

Right now I am looking forward to anything involving a ball that isn’t round being broadcast on my screen. No this is not a shot at soccer, or cricket, both of which I am huge fans, but to put it bluntly, I miss my rugby league.

Below are ten of the rugby league themed moments I am looking forward to in 2017.

44. If The Warriors Can Find Consistency

NRL Rd 17 - Warriors v Titans
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 02: Shaun Johnson of the Warriors scores a try during the round 17 NRL match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans at Mt Smart Stadium on July 2, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images)

This is something I look forward to every year and am let down by almost as frequently. I don’t know how Warriors fans back up each season. At least when my side is bad, they’re bad, and we’re they’re good, they’re good.

The Warriors can be absolutely anything on any given minute of any given game of any given season. RTS, Kieran Foran (if cleared), Shaun Johnson and Issac Luke are a premiership winning spine. Ben Matulino and Simon Mannering are world class forwards. Kata is one of the most damaging centres in the game.

They have a successful coach who has achieved incredible things with the national side. If this isn’t their year, then it might be time to give up as it may never come.