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In 2013, the Roosters, Storm and Rabbitohs have all had their moments at the top, while the woeful Tigers are at the other end of the scale.
Wests are an embarrassment at the moment. Sure a close win against the Cowboys helped, but they had lost seven in row prior to this, mostly by sizeable margins. They are hard to watch.
Their depth has been badly exposed their depth by a mountain of injuries throughout the backline. This predicament is something the Warriors can relate to, as promoting under-20s players is often a steep learning curve.
Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall are doing their best as the leadership group but it is hard to see much changing for the rest of the season, as their returning players might not be able to stop the rot in time.
The Eels and Warriors aren’t far behind but have managed some advances with timely wins in between some poor losses.
South Sydney leads the competition on points with nine wins and two losses from eleven games.
The Rabbitohs have been steady rather then spectacular, probably their win against Manly at Brookvale Oval their best performance so far.
The Roosters’ match against the Storm was supposed to confirm how far the Roosters have come this year. But once again, Melbourne rallied to win their first in four games.
Expect the terrific Melbourne side, led by the super-impressive and constantly evolving Craig Bellamy, to set even greater standards for the remainder of the season now.
Any chink in the Storm armour is seemingly papered over and firmed before other teams can react.
Manly is a consistent team – in that they consistently win and are clinical rather than flashy.
They round out a clear top four.
The rest of the top eight remains a complete lottery with nine teams separated by four competition points.
The patchy Bulldogs, a shadow of their freewheeling attacking strike-force of 2012, are struggling to produce such form again.
Injuries and suspensions to some of the key players – read Ben Barba, Krisnan Inu, Sam Kasiano and James Graham – have stalled their good work.
The Panthers are the team no other side wants to play at the moment. Mauled by injuries and a dramatic form slump with five losses on the trot didn’t make for a good start.
But a 44-12 shellacking of an equally poor Eels side started a reversal.
Then two wins of huge magnitude – a dramatic 12-10 defeat of Melbourne and an almost unfathomable 62-6 dumping of the Warriors increased their stocks even more.
Is the Gold Coast about to embark on a similar run, with a big win in round eleven?
At the moment, the only certainty is uncertainty in this topsy turvy NRL season.
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