If you looked hard enough you could almost see the premiership glint in coach Wayne Bennett's eye after Brisbane dismantled Canberra's green machine 34-6 at Suncorp Stadium.

After leading 12-6 at halftime Brisbane shut Canberra down with four unanswered second half tries in a performance which would have sounded alarm bells for the NRL top four.

The Broncos had the old power game working, rotating props Ben Hannant, Joel Clinton, Nick Kenny and Sam Thaiday, while strike players Darren Lockyer, Karmichael Hunt, Justin Hodges and winger Denan Kemp, who scored his 14th try of the season on the fulltime siren, looked dangerous.

With three of their final five games at Suncorp Stadium against St George Illawarra, the Titans and Newcastle, and the other two away to the Warriors next week and the embattled Bulldogs, Brisbane - currently fifth - could charge into the playoffs on the back of an eight-game winning roll.

It has shades of 2006 about it when Brisbane upset Melbourne in the grand final.

"I do like our run home," admitted Bennett.

"We're in Auckland next week and we're playing teams that are all desperate to stay in the eight which is good and a bit of challenger for us."

Brisbane have featured in the last 16 final series.

"We've done this enough times now, we know what works and what doesn't," said the six-time premiership coach who will end his 21 year reign with the Broncos at the end of the season.

"We've got to try and fine tune it so when the big games come around, if we're in them, we've got a game we're all confident in.

"If you're game's not right (for the finals), that's when you get torn apart and beaten.

Raiders coach Neil Henry lamented too many forced passes and errors and a few decisions which went again his team.

Backrower Ben Jones was held up in a tremendous desperation tackle by Brisbane centre Darius Boyd just after halftime.

Young halfback Marc Herbert, whose parents Matthew and Therese surprised him by turning up for the game, took the wrong option in the 61st minute after breaking into the clear with support on his inside.

Canberra were still in the game and the momentum could easily have shifted had they converted one or both of the those opportunities.

Bennett warned Brisbane's attack was still not at it's best yet.

"I still think there's a long way to go for our attack yet, we were a bit rusty," he said.

"We can all concede we can do a little better than we did today.

"What we do know it the chemistry is there and it's just a matter getting the right mix."

Henry said Brisbane were definitely a top four team by virtue of their impressive strike power.

"(Darren) Lockyer is building some confidence and still gets around the park well, their forwards get good metres," Henry said.

"Justin Hodges will be better for the run and Karmichael Hunt was very good at the back as he always is.

"They've got a lot to look forward to, they're right up there."

Henry wasn't too happy about referee Tony Archer's decision to put centre Adrian Purtell on report for a high tackle on Kemp.

"He hit him across the shoulder, I didn't even think it was worth a penalty," said Henry.

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