They may have completely outplayed Canterbury at Belmore but North Queensland coach Paul Green says the premiers aren’t back yet.

“We are not there yet (top four),” he said.

“I thought it was one of our tougher wins of the year particularly with everything that was on the line.

“We knew they would come out firing, being back at Belmore, and we were glad we matched that.

“We showed good patience, and we lacked that in those losses. We had the right mindset tonight.”