Brisbane sharp shooter Jay O'Shea has scored his fifth goal in as many games to ensure a 3-0 win over Newcastle and keep his side's A-League Men finals hopes alive.
O'Shea was superb going forward for the Roar who dominated the match at Redcliffe with attacking flair in their best performance of the season.
The Irishman's penalty in the 70th minute secured the victory after Henry Hore had scored in the first half for the hosts.
The win took Brisbane momentarily at least from 12th, and bottom, to eighth with 26 points and now only three behind sixth-placed Sydney FC.
The Jets are now winless in their past six games but still in the finals hunt, also on 26 points, but they lacked punch and effort.
Newcastle were without their season's leading goal scorer Beka Mikeltadze who sustained a shoulder injury in last week's draw against Melbourne City.
Roar coach Nick Green made four changes to the side that lost 4-1 in their last start to Central Coast.
Both sides had their chances in the first half. The best of them was for Roar's Serbian import Stefan Scepovic who headed just wide after a superb cross from Kai Trewin after Newcastle's Angus Thurgate had shot over the bar.
Brisbane were fulling of running at home and scored in the 34th minute through Hore after a slick ball from Trewin. Hore turned on the edge of the box and with his second touch snuck his shot inside the right post.
The Roar received great service from Hore, O'Shea and Jez Lofthouse with the trio's attacking nous always to the fore.
Hore was ruled by VAR to have been fouled by Thurgate in the box after the break, much to the displeasure of the visitors, and O'Shea stepped up to nail the penalty and keep the home side's finals hopes alive.
Scepovic added a third at the death to give Brisbane an emphatic win, sweet revenge after losing 4-0 earlier this year to the Jets.
"Everyone was trying to positive playing forward, getting in people's faces and it was good to see the ball go in the back of the net," Lofthouse said.
Newcastle captain Matt Jurman was unimpresed with Hore being awarded the spot kick, saying he was "playing (for) the penalty" all game but added his team were "disappointing".
