The west's Tigers began the 2012 season as the competition favourites and they are finally starting to play like it.
They easily accounted for a disappointing Canberra Raiders side to extend their winning streak to six games and have cemented themselves in the middle of the top eight.
Steady rain in the Australian capital made handling difficult for both sides but the Tigers were able to hold on to the ball better and used a smarter kicking game to take full control of the territory battle.
Kiwis skipper Benji Marshall and NSW hooker Robbie Farah controlled the game well by kicking early in the count and by employing an attack that was more suited to the wet conditions.
Raiders coach David Furner made a bold move earlier in the week in naming regular fullback Josh Dugan at five-eighth in his first game back from a club-imposed ban for breaking the team's rules around alcohol consumption. It didn't make the impact he had hoped as the classy Dugan failed to find a smooth combination with hooker Travis Waddell or halfback Josh McCrone and was made to make a lot of tackles by the Tigers. Former premiership winner Furner will be under immense pressure to remain at the helm of the struggling Green Machine while a number of his players would be better suited playing reserve grade next week. It was only the second time in club history that the Raiders have been held scoreless at home and the 40-point margin was the biggest lost in their 30-year existence.
