But Southland co-coach James Wilson said that was the challenge for the Stags tonight.
They play Bay of Plenty in their last home game and will round out the season with a game against Manawatu on Sunday.
The Stags are determined to finish strongly and perhaps even snatch a breakthrough win.
They had a draw against Northland in round two and that is as close as they got to posting a victory this season.
"It has been pretty disappointing not to be able to get better results, especially at the start of the season," Wilson said.
"The NPC is a sprint and you get a bit of momentum which can come from one or two early wins and build on that."
Continuity has been an issue. The Stags have had some players in key positions in and out of the side and they have not been able to put a similar side on the field very often.
The other issue has been around experience. The team is relatively young and they make rookie mistakes.
The period just before halftime has been incredibly costly for Southland.
"We’ve been allowing teams to score [just] before halftime. That has happened in every game bar one this season.
"They are crucial moments in the game. But we know now we can’t make the playoffs and we haven’t got any wins, so we’ve got to focus on those small things which will hopefully get us a result.
"These last couple of games are about enjoyment for us and enjoying the time together.
"So we are only really thinking of the positives and ways that we can be better.
"We want to show our faithful fans down here what we can do when we put a game together."
Blindside flanker Blair Ryall has been a standout performer for the Stags and winger Viliami Fine has made big improvements in his game, particularly on defence.
"[Ryall] has been our ironman this year. He has played most games and performed at a high standard in every single one of them.
"And Viliami has improved massively for us as well. He is a great attacking threat. He loves contact and he is really good in the air."
They stand out as two of the Stags’ better performed players.
But some of the younger players who have come through the high-performance system have also done well.
"The likes of Jack Taylor, Hunter Fahey, Hayden Michaels, Leroy Ferguson — those guys are young. Jack is 19 and playing a lot of minutes in the front row of an NPC team.
"Those guys are the future of Southland rugby and who we are building a team around. But it will take time and we can see that here.
"It is the people at home who get behind the team they love who just want results now. We can understand that and we get that."
