Titans out to spoil the occasion

It has been a turbulent rookie season for Brennan, who concedes the Titans must find a harder edge in defence to be a legitimate finals contender.

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, that can only make us better going into 2019,” he said.

“It’s been a challenging year, that’s the best way to describe it, we’ve had our ups and downs and really heartbreaking losses at times, but there is promise going forward.

“People support teams who are having a crack.

“I am disappointed we aren’t playing semi-finals, but our fans can walk away knowing their team had a crack … and knowing our club is heading in the right direction.

“You end up where you deserve to. Our senior guys need to learn to win a bit more and the teams who made the semis this year deserve to be there.

“They have done the hard yards and we haven’t, so it’s important we get better.”