'Stand up and do your job': Back-to-back losses cut Titans deep

Back on home soil with their inspirational skipper Tino Fa’asuamaleaui also back at the helm, the Titans are looking to halt their slide down the ladder against the marauding Raiders.

Hooker Sam Verrills said back-to-back heavy losses to the Dolphins and Dragons didn’t “reflect who we are as a team” and was hopeful the challenge of hosting the in-form Canberra would give them an opportunity to show home fans who they really were.

“It’s pretty disappointing… we played a game against the Dolphins at home and we didn't go too well and then going down (to Wollongong) last Friday night with a six-day turnaround, we wanted to play a lot better than that and that doesn't reflect who we are as a team,” Verrills said.

“I think we started pretty well, but the last six-seven minutes of that first half, we leaked in three tries… at half-time we're down 24-4 and we're sort of questioning ourselves and what we did wrong…

“Obviously, we have got a lot to work on… there was a lot of negative plays in that game and we know what to fix.

“At our best, we know how to play and I believe in full how good we are as a side and we know that.

“We have just got to believe in it and keep working at it.

“This weekend against the Raiders, they've had a really good start of the year and they're going to come out firing, so it's a good test for us and I can't wait to go.

“We need to show what we're capable of and we need to start fast and they're a team that plays right to the end and they love playing a live ball.

“We need to control their forwards and we've definitely got the team to do it.

“We need to start this week. It’s Easter Sunday, back at home, we're really looking forward to the challenge."

With Keano Kini, Alofiana Khan-Pereira and Carter Gordon all sidelined, the Titans received some good news this week with Jojo Fifita set to return on the wing, despite being a late withdrawal before the Dragons game.

For Queensland Origin hopeful Beau Fermor, the return of more experienced backs to the line-up has allowed him to revert to his favoured back-row position after being forced to fill in at centre for the past two weeks.

“It was a tough game on the weekend against quality centre against Val Holmes, and I probably missed my assignment on a couple of things in the centres there, but I'm definitely looking forward to getting back to backrow,” Fermor said.

“It's a hard place to defend in the centres and I don't envy the boys that have to play out there week-in, week-out.

"In saying that, that's where I was picked to play and I needed to do my job better than what I did on the weekend, so I'm pretty disappointed in the way I did go on the weekend.

“I'm looking forward to getting back out there and righting those wrongs.”