"We have to earn the right with our defence and get in the spots on the field to do those things," he said. "If our forwards can keep going like they have I don't think there's any reason why we won't be able to keep playing like that." Confident: Curtis Sironen believes Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses are the right men for the Tigers. Credit:Getty Images He identified the precocious styles of Brooks, who will play his 50th NRL game on Sunday, and Moses as keys to a turn-around. "We have full faith in our halves to come up with the right decisions," said Sironen. "If they see something that's 'on' they have the licence to take it, which is what they've been doing. "They're also continuing to learn. Sometimes we let them do things and you just stand back in awe of what comes off but then there's other occasions ... maybe ... when they didn't need the flashy play. However, the boys are going really well and as long as us forwards do our job it's easier for them to do what they need to.

"I've been playing football with those boys for a couple of years - back at school - and they're just playing footy. They're playing what they see and they're very natural footballers. It's good to be out there with them because it'll only make you a better player, you're going to become very instinctive and ready to go at all times." Half way there: Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks. Credit:Ben Rushton Sironen, who is returning from the hamstring injury he suffered in the second-round win over Manly, said it was tough to watch from the sideline as the Tigers lost their last three games. "We're making errors early in the set and giving our opponents the ball," he said. "When we make those errors we're allowing the other team to get the ball and they're on the counter-attack straight away, running 40 metres.

"We're just not playing patient and while things came off for us in the early rounds we're [now] looking for someone to make the big play when we really don't need to." Dene Halatau, a member of the 2005 premiership side, noted the Tigers are in the same boat as other NRL clubs who have a high volume of young players, a few hardheads and not many 'in-betweeners'. "If you look across the competition there's a big range in most squads," he said. "We have a lot of young players and a few older guys and there's a big gap in the middle. I think most squads are going through that. "We've spoken about [consistency] over the last 18 months. It's something we've struggled with for a few years. I think we're there physically, we just have to play with control with the ball and in defence. "We get a little bit carried away with wanting to play attacking football because we have guys who do it so well. However, those guys know we have to play with control and they're the guys who are actually driving for us to be that way."