Ide say playing second week of the finals onwards is a successful season…
Just scraping into the 8 and making up the numbers only to be thrashed first week is still better than missing the 8 altogether, but still leaves a bad taste in my mouth…
Atleast making week 2 means you made the finals, you beat a team week 1, so your in the mix…
Look at roosters last year… squad decimated with injuries, scraped past titans week 1, got thrashed by manly week two, but I recon their fans would consider it a successful season considering how injury depleted they were and still managed to get to week 2