The Titans have shown it's not all doom and gloom on the Gold Coast. Source: Adam Head / News Corp Australia
NOW that we have reached Round 4 of the premiership, it is probably an apt time to take a step back and assess exactly what we have seen from the three Queensland clubs.
So with all three teams spread across matches tomorrow, Sunday and Monday this week, I thought I would rate what we have seen from them so far.
Let's begin with the team that impressed me the most.
Aidan Sezer and Dave Taylor have shown there is promise for the Titans. Source: Getty Images
AN 0-3 record to start the season, highlighted by a 40-0 flogging by Penrith would not make them an obvious candidate as the best performed of the three Queensland clubs, but this season was never going to be about results for the Gold Coast.
After the off-season they had, what their coach Neil Henry would have been looking for above all were things like dedication and commitment.
Let's take the loss to Penrith out of the equation for the moment.
Yes, it was a horrible loss. But had a bit of luck gone their way they could have led that game 12-0, and who knows what may have happened from there.
That leaves us with a one-point loss to the Tigers, and a two-point loss to Newcastle.
In both games, the Titans kept trying until the very end. Ultimately, and few errors at critical times and the inexperience in the key areas of dummy half and in the halves that cost them. The more experienced players could and should have steered them home.
But the flip side is, experience is what the young players are gaining every week.
The Titans are slowly getting it together. With Bird, Taylor and Falloon back, they have the experience and direction they have been craving.
It will come together for them soon. All they need to do is keep working like they have been. That's all you can ask of your players, keep playing, don't give in.
RATING: 7.5
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BRONCOS
THEY showed a fair bit of rust in their first two outings, but looked very much like a team playing like a team last weekend against the Cowboys.
There was always going to be a big adjustment period for the Broncos as the players got used to playing under Wayne Bennett's style.
And the game against the Cowboys showed they have cottoned on pretty quickly to what Wayne wants.
I like the look of the Broncos because they are playing like a hungry group of players.
Wayne has quite smartly shaken a few things up among the players by putting some of them on notice that their places in the team — or even places at the club — are on the line.
I think they have responded well, just as Wayne would have hoped.
The Broncos are still a work in progress, particularly in the halves. But they showed signs of clicking against North Queensland that suggest they are becoming more comfortable with the role they are being asked to play.
Considering the challenges of a new coach introducing new systems, the Broncos have performed reasonably well. Probably where they should be at this stage of the season.
RATING: 7
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COWBOYS
NORTH Queensland have a problem, and I am not sure exactly what will fix it.
We all know the calibre of the players at the Cowboys, so the problems they are having must be in their heads.
The old cliche from coaches about defence being a reflection of a team's attitude is only a cliche because it is so true.
So their coach Paul Green must have been livid with the number of players simply throwing out an ineffectual arm in defence in the first three rounds.
The loss to the Roosters could have been written off as an off night against a premiership contender.
The loss to Newcastle could have been excused as taking the foot off the throat off the early season surprise packets.
But the Broncos were there for the taking for the Cowboys. To show everyone they meant business, that the critics were wrong, that they were a serious football team.
But after a promising start, they just fell off the radar.
We know they will get better. They start slowly every year and end up dazzling us with their football.
But they will have to improve a hell of a lot, and do it very quickly. The pressure is on.
RATING: 5
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