Penrith winning their 3rd premiership shows us the way to be a top 4 side again. I remember for a while they were buying "has beens" and were getting nowhere. Remember Soward, Malonie, Thamou, etc and that was getting Penrith nowhere. Then they decided to tap into their juniors and develop them: Cleary, Luai, Crichton, etc and 3 premiership.
We followed Penrith in getting "has-beens": Norman, Mbye, Burgess, etc and we all know the result.
We have had a flurry of young players come thru in the last few years: Sloane, Amone, Fegai, Couchmans, Connor, M Molo, etc to name a few but all are rough diamonds.
2024 should be the year to finally develop these rough gems.