Gold Coast can finally see the light of the NRL's finals after putting themselves within touching distance of the postseason following a methodical 36-14 defeat of North Queensland.
In a lopsided affair at a wet Cbus Super Stadium, the Titans had all the ball and spent most of it camped on North Queensland's line in a tough afternoon for the Cowboys.
Brian Kelly bagged a double while 20-year-old half Toby Sexton again showed why the Titans see him as their playmaker of the future in his third NRL game.
With just a sole finals match in 2016 since they went within one game of the decider in 2010, there is finally hope for Titans fans.
Despite being the competition's most disappointing team of the first four months, three straight wins now leave Gold Coast seventh on the ladder with a better for-and-against than the chasing pack.
They have South Sydney and Melbourne in a tough next fortnight, before matches against Newcastle and Warriors on the run home that could decide their fate.
North Queensland meanwhile are in a huge hole.
They have not won a match since late May, having lost their last eight games to fall from seventh to 14th.
Coach Todd Payten's experiment to play Jason Taumalolo on an edge also fell flat, as he ran 106 metres in his 80 minutes and missed four tackles.
In fairness, the Cowboys lost Murray Taulagi to a concussion in the opening minute before Lachlan Burr suffered the same fate in the second half.
With 59 per cent of the ball and 70 per cent of the game played in the Cowboys' half, points were always going to come for the Titans.
Kelly's first took 18 minutes to come when he chased down an Ash Taylor grubber.
The centre's second after the break was far more special, the beneficiary of an out-the-back flick offload from Beau Fermor.
Another brilliant try came when Corey Thompson broke down the left wing, grubbered and then toed ahead into the air for Taylor to score.
Fermor also bagged one of his own later in the match, while AJ Brimson, David Fifita and Patrick Herbert claimed the Titans' others.
North Queensland briefly gave themselves a hope after Tom Dearden made it 14-6 at halftime when he trapped a Taylor kick and went 90 metres to score.
But they still struggled for ball in the second half, with a neat try to Valentine Holmes from within their own end and a two-man cut out ball from the fullback to Kyle Feldt coming all too late.
