In seven day's time, the New Zealand Warriors will embark on their next venture across the Tasman, to prepare for the 2021 NRL season.
2021 brings the same expectations of finals football with new coach Nathan Brown looking to build long-term success that will carry the club into the future.
Brown has been watching his players with a careful eye in his first pre-season, and he's seen plenty of potential but also knows he has a big job on his hands.
He also wants to redefine what "success" is, especially for younger players, who he has been watching closely in pre-season.
"We've got a lot of new players in the squad and I suppose a number of younger players coming into the squad as well so there's a lot of thinking on your feet," Brown says.
The Warriors were dubbed saviours of the competition in 2020. But the free ride has come to an end. 2021 demands success, and Brown has made it clear what that means.
"We became everyone's second-favourite team because their family couldn't come and for no other reason," Brown says.
"Those younger players need to understand that yeah the club got over some hurdles, but you played in a team that didn't make the playoffs."
Playoffs are what the Warriors' fans crave and haven't seen since 2018.
A month-long camp in Tamworth, where it all began last season, will kick off the year and it's going to be crucial to Brown's first campaign.
"If we can have a really good month as a team in Tamworth, then we can look optimistically about starting the year well," Brown says.
"Just because you bring in some new players and some younger players come through last year, it doesn't guarantee you anything."
"It's important we get over there as soon as we can," Warrior lock forward Jazz Tavega says. "Hopefully we get a few under our belt and Jacinda opens the borders and we can come home to a full house. How good would that be."
With seven new signings, cohesion straight off the back will be a challenge with Brown looking to playmaker Chanel Harris-Tavita for stability.
"Nathan has been good and he has really simplified my role," Harris-Tavita says. "He's helped me see the game from a different perspective."
There's no such thing as certainty in the NRL, but Brown's confident they have all the makings of a good side.
"It doesn't guarantee you anything but it does give you hope that's for sure," Brown says.
If all goes to plan, Brown could be eyeing up finals football in his first season.
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