But vice-captain Madison McClelland remains confident the second half of their 2018 campaign won’t be a complete write-off as they aim to climb off the bottom off the ladder.

“We’re not all about winning, we’re about improving and always knowing what we’ve done wrong,” she said.

Injuries and work commitments haven’t helped their cause with Kayla Keegan rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament earlier in the season.

“We’ve got a good side, we just have got a couple of injuries – Kayla’s out for the year with her knee,” McClelland said.

“We’ve only really had two or three on the bench each week, some weeks we’ve only had one which doesn’t really help with our tiredness.”

They are arguably the most inexperienced side in the competition and at times it’s shown with an 18-6 victory over Taree their only win to date.

“We trained really well that week and we all wanted it – it’s an attitude thing whether you want it or not – and we wanted it more than them,” she said.

Inconsistency has proved to be the Sharks undoing and they are focused on closing the gap between their best and worst performances.

“It’s different every week,” McClelland said.

“Some weeks we’re not the best defenders, other weeks we’re not the best attackers.

“The first half of the comp is always tough because you’re trying to figure out the other teams as well.”

Port Macquarie reach the halfway point of the season in Saturday’s clash with Wingham at Regional Stadium.

The vice-captain admitted they needed to “be a bit more serious” in the second half of the season.

“We are all pretty close in age so we have a friendship outside of football,” she said.

“That’s where the non-serious side comes from, but we all still want to play footy and we love playing footy.

“There’s always room for improvement on anything.”