The Gold Coast Titans put in a heroic performance to win 16-12 at Southern Cross Group Stadium on Saturday night, as a contentious 76th minute try to Leivaha Pulu broke the visitors' four-game NRL losing streak.

The Titans were down by two points when Pulu finished off a left-side scramble - which included an offside Ryan Simpkins being ruled inactive by the bunker - to snatch victory.

Cronulla only lost one game at home last season as they finished third after the regular season before going on to win their maiden premiership. But this season has hardly been as convincing.