Whether that is due to the long gap between campaigns — the Lions secured the 2019 flag two years ago next month — or the strength of the top-tier competition in general is tough to pinpoint.
But Echuca, Mooroopna and Shepparton United — who sit level on points atop the A-grade ladder — will all be wary of the lurking Lions in the back-end of the year.
Especially after the performance Ronni Hager's troops mustered on Saturday.
In a make-up clash from a round three bye — and the standalone fixture of the weekend — Seymour resumed from yet another lockdown-enforced break to send a warning shot across the bow of the rest of the premiership contenders.
The Lions racked up a superb 81 goals in the high country against Mansfield — including a mammoth 25 in the second stanza — to defeat the Eagles by 58 goals and draw within one win of the pack at the top of the table.
Sarah Douglas, Nakita Singe and Jess Lallo were named best for the visitors, but it was a dominant showing from the entire squad which delivered Seymour the highest total of the season ahead of Echuca's 79 against Mansfield on May 8.
For Mansfield, Grace Hood, Milli Howland and Nelle Cousins battled hard.
But the Eagles were barely given any chances to wrestle back the ascendancy from the Lions, with Seymour's goalers shooting with extreme efficiency.
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