Souths are no hope, it's a race in two IMO and they are so far ahead of the rest it's not funny.
We are 11 and 3 not because we are a shit hot side, it's the state of the comp is so poor.
The comp is only "poor' because there's a handful of teams that have adapted to the rule changes, and the rest just haven't.
It's not like the teams that have adapted have recruited to suit, they haven't had the time, and the rosters aint that much different from what they were three years ago.
So it aint that the competition is that much poorer, it's that the clubs that have adapted have done so far better than the clubs that haven't
I like that our club is is in the former rather than the latter, even if not in the top echelon.