Taylor shines as Titans stun big brother Broncos

The Titans were hungrier from the kick-off and it showed.

Corey Oates, who had a first-half shocker, was tackled into touch before offloading and from the ensuing scrum the Titans made the Broncos pay with Taylor diving over from close range.

Titans back-rower Hipgrave had a powerhouse start to the game and a smart one. In one five-minute stanza Hipgrave jolted the ball out of Oates' grasp with a cruncher. He then won a penalty with a quick play the ball and the Titans surged into Broncos territory.

Hipgrave then tipped on a pass like a classy outside back for veteran winger Anthony Don to show all his experience to score in the corner.

Taylor's kicking game was causing all sorts of problems for the Broncos back three and a towering bomb was spilled by Tesi Niu. Tyrone Peachey swooped and found a rampaging Lisone to score under the sticks and make it 16-0.

Fotuaika was sin-binned three minutes from half-time but the Titans rallied with powerhouse defence to repel the Broncos.

The last play of the half was a nightmare for fullback Niu who spotted an overlap on the left. His pass for Oates found Don instead who ran 60 metres to score untouched and give the Titans a stunning 22-nil lead.

The Broncos needed something special to start the second half and after four sets of six it took veteran Ben Te'o to provide it when he barged over from close range with late feet.

Taylor landed a penalty to give the Titans a 24-6 lead but the Gold Coast allowed Brisbane back into the game with silly penalties.

After more back-to-back sets Brodie Croft grubbered for Herbie Farnworth to score and the Broncos had a glimmer of hope.

It was soon snuffed out by Titans hunger and Brisbane ineptitude.

Croft kicked out on the full after points and the Titans, courtesy of Taylor, made them pay again with a penalty goal minutes later.

Taylor iced the win with a brilliant cut-out pass for Sami to score a winger's special and punish surely one of the worst Broncos sides in their 32-year history.

Titans coach Justin Holbrook was delighted with the enterprise and fight of his side with Taylor capitalising on the side's overall dominance against his former club.

"I thought we were really conservative last week but I really like the way we asked questions with the footy tonight and defended great," Holbrook said.

"The second half was scrappy but overall I was really happy with the performance.

"I thought [Taylor] was great and he needed to be."

Arrow was heavily involved against his old club and made 120 metres from 17 tough runs along with 25 tackles.

"I have this one on my calendar being my ex-club and you always want to give that extra effort, not that I don't give 100 per cent every week," Arrow said.

"It is a massive credit to the boys in the change rooms. We'd spoken about moving the footy and I thought we moved their big, athletic boys around.

"I felt with our line speed in the first-half that they were going nowhere.

"[Taylor] is a confidence player and I thought he played with confidence. His kicking game and control of his game built pressure. When Ash does that he is at his best. I thought he was tremendous and hopefully he can continue that next week."