The big winner of Round 14 is...
Very tough to choose from. The top four all put up commanding displays and opened up a four-point gap to the rest - headed by Cronulla and North Queensland - and the most recent defeats of Melbourne and New Zealand in particular were forgivable.
Considering it's tough to pick them apart, does the crown therefore deserve to go to someone like the Dolphins for entering the top-eight out of absolutely nowhere?
They were standout favourites for the wooden spoon after opening their season 0-4, even getting dunked on by Newcastle (26-12) who have turned out to be by far the worst attacking unit of the entire competition.
Number seven Isaiya Katoa is taking the league by storm, amassing a staggering 186 metres gained during their 56-6 demolition of St George Illawarra - second only to centre Herbie Farnworth - and it's got chins wagging in the NRL world about his representative future for he is eligible for both New South Wales and New Zealand, albeit having to eventually choose only one.
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow also had an excellent game, playing himself back into form ahead of Game 2 of the State of Origin series.
Honourable mention: Brisbane Broncos head coach Michael Maguire after we questioned his coaching position last week.
"We’re all heading in a direction to make sure the club’s great," he stated after they thrashed the Titans 44-14 in a week where anything short of a convincing victory would have had the vultures circling.
The big loser of Round 14 is...
The Dragons must be the logical pick considering how frankly god awful they were against the Dolphins - but with their last four wins coming against Newcastle, Brisbane, Manly and Gold Coast, were they ever really one of the more threatening of the sides within touching distance of the top eight?
In terms of sheer humiliation and underachievement, this week's unwanted gong has to go to the Manly Sea Eagles for losing the unloseable against Newcastle Knights.
When you're up 12-0 at half-time against a side averaging 13 points per game it should be a cakewalk from there to see out the victory, especially for a side that had defended so earnestly against the likes of Brisbane, Penrith and North Queensland in recent weeks.
But there were far too many errors in defence - namely missed tackles and offloads permitted - for a team that just hasn't been able to find any consistency since the end of March.
Game 2 Origin squads - who is in and out?
New South Wales coach Laurie Daley is understandably reticent to change what was a winning formula.
Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett has had to drop out with his long-term knee injury, so Max King will start at prop whilst Stefano Utoikamanu has been promoted from the reserves to the interchange.
Matt Burton, Keaon Koloamatangi and Lindsay Smith are the new reserves.
Significant upheaval was expected in the Queensland camp and it starts at the top, with Daly Cherry-Evans becoming the first Maroons captain in nearly 30 years to be axed mid-series. The in-form Cowboy Tom Dearden takes his place as anticipated.
Beau Fermor has been replaced by veteran Kurt Capewell on the bench.
Try of the Week
Warriors halfback Luke Metcalf has been destroying the competition lately and it wouldn't surprise if he was still leading the Dally M voting at this stage. He deserves all the plaudits for creating this try.