The Penrith Panthers are in the midst of a dynasty, winning four straight premierships.
In season 2025, their hopes of extending that streak to five seemed all but lost by Round 12, as they were sitting in last place.
Just five weeks later they're on a win-streak and have toppled the Bulldogs who were in the driver's seat for the minor premiership.
Bookmakers now have them at $1.20 to make the finals; and with their championship pedigree they could win the competition from anywhere inside the top-eight.
With this mid to late season run in mind, we look back at some of the greatest season turnarounds in NRL history.
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Which NRL team has made the latest run to the finals from outside the eight?
South Sydney Rabbitohs - 1955
After sitting three and seven, Souths won eight straight to make the finals - then three more to win the premiership.
They did it without their best player Clive Churchill, who broke his arm.
That 11-game run to the title is still considered one of the most courageous in rugby league history.
Canterbury Bulldogs - 1998
Despite a horrid start to the year, the Bulldogs managed to scrape enough wins together to finish in ninth place.
This meant they would play finals football due to the unique top-10 finals format.
They made it to the preliminary finals where they found themselves in a 16-point hole against the Eels.
Performing a miracle comeback in that match, they were destined for the Grand Final where their run would eventually come to an end at the hands of the Broncos.
Brisbane Broncos - 1999
After just one win in their first ten games, most pundits had written Brisbane off.
However, they stormed home at the back end of the season, winning 11 straight to make the finals in eighth place.
Despite bowing out in the first week of the post-season, the comeback itself was astonishing from where they started.
Wests Tigers - 2005
The Tigers were 12th at the midseason mark and had never played finals as a joint-venture.
Everybody remembers the magical Benji Marshall flick pass in that year's Grand Final, but it was their work in the lead up to that point under coach Tim Sheens that put them in a position for one of their players to pull off something so audacious.
Their free-flowing attack inspired four-straight finals victories including the Grand Final where they took down the Cowboys and made NRL history.
Parramatta Eels - 2009
Midway through the season, the Eels were sitting in 14th place.
Then came Jarryd Hayne. His form bordered on supernatural, producing dazzling performances that ignited Parramatta's late-season surge.
The Eels won 10 of their final 11 games, including dominant victories over competition heavyweights like the Bulldogs and Dragons.
Although they fell short against Melbourne in the Grand Final, the run captivated Eels fans and will be remembered for a long time.