Quote: JB Down Under "Yes it brings an equal level of mediocrity to mid table teams, though reality is 4-5 clubs have dominated the NRL for the last few years anyway'"
I am not sure about that, eleven different Clubs have contested the last ten Grand Finals.
Five of those Clubs have also been the wooden spooners in the same period.
You have eras at Clubs where they dominate for several seasons, Manly appear they are on the verge of coming to the end of theirs as are the Storm in all probability.
Things go in cycles but most clubs except for Cronulla and a couple of newer Clubs like the Titans, Warriors and the Cowboys have had their purple patch