In what could be his last visit to a venue he has dominated for Brisbane, Queensland and Australia, Lockyer toyed with the Tigers as the Broncos showed there was plenty of attack to go with their impregnable defence.

Four first-half tries had seemingly got Brisbane home, but when the home side got back within seven points with 28 minutes left to go, Lockyer asserted his authority like only Lockyer can.

He ducked down a short blind side from a scrum win to seal the Broncos' sixth win from seven games.

What was billed as potentially the final NRL clash between the retiring Lockyer and Benji Marshall turned into a non-event as the old master dominated - Marshall hardly sighted in an uninspired performance.

While the Broncos started well, there was little evidence of the avalanche that was about to ensue when a high-flying Jharal Yow Yeh left a stranded Tim Moltzen looking like a lamp post to kick-start proceedings.

Alex Glenn then did just enough to reach the line before Sam Thaiday threw off Benji Marshall in a powerful run to cross the tryline and cap an 18-point spree in the space of eight minutes.

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