Five rounds into the 2026 NRL season and the ladder is already beginning to take shape.
The Penrith Panthers have returned to the top of the pedestal, while the Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights have shocked everyone by sitting in the top four.
Surprisingly, last year's minor premiers and premiers, the Canberra Raiders and Brisbane Broncos respectively, both find themselves outside of the top eight.
Then languishing at the bottom are the winless St George Illawarra Dragons.
But what would happen if every club could hit the reset button on one position, just for this season?
No salary cap, no contract negotiation, no release clauses, just a free pass to draft in any rugby league player to their team.
Not necessarily the best in the game, but the right player for the right team.
So, here's who every NRL team would be stealing right now, if they could.
Manly Sea Eagles: Patrick Carrigan
On paper, the Manly Sea Eagles are quite a well-rounded team.
Tom Trbojevic at fullback, Jamal Fogarty in the halves and Haumole Olakau'atu in the second row, to name a few.
But, one position that definitely needs improvement, and fans have been calling for it all season, is lock.
Unfortunately, as almost every rugby league fan is aware, Jake Trbojevic has been extremely poor this season.
There were glimpses of his past self in their victory over the Dolphins, but there wasn't a bad Sea Eagles player on the park that day.
If the club was serious about turning their season around, they would steal Patrick Carrigan.
An 80-minute lock averaging over 150 metres and nearly 50 post-contact metres per game this season is exactly what the Sea Eagles need.
When I saw the Broncos and our one I was crying. If this ever happened, Hughes is too old, and we CAN’T lose our skip.
Edit: Also the Knights one, if Presto doesn’t get re-signed I’ll cry for a week.