Jai Arrow was the only Titan to escape criticism in a scathing assessment of the Gold Coast forward pack led by Queensland legends Justin Hodges, Kevin Walters and Billy Moore.

The star lock's sensational individual effort against Cronulla, where he ran a mind-blowing 290 metres, was the one positive to take out from Gold Coast's second straight loss.

Second-rower Ryan James was the only other Titans forward to run over 150 metres, while Arrow kept the statisticians on their toes with seven tackle breaks, four offloads, one line break and 27 tackles.

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Hodges challenged Garth Brennan's big men to pick up the slack and take ownership of their duties in the middle.

“If I was the Titans forward pack at the moment I’d be embarrassed because they’ve got a guy called Jai Arrow who’s doing all the lifting,” Hodges told Fox Sports' Queenslanders Only.

“If you look at Proctor, he plays for NZ, he’s a representative player. Jarrod Wallace plays for Queensland, Shannon Boyd played for Australia, Ryan James is on the cusp of playing for NSW.

“These guys are talented players but at the moment you’ve got one guy who’s carrying the side.

“They’ve got to look around and say we’ve got to get up to where he is.”

Moore put the spotlight on prized recruit Shannon Boyd who, despite his bulging frame, only contributed seven hit-ups for 63 running metres in a performance that is hard to justify his juicy salary.

“He was purchased to do a job for the Gold Coast and right now someone like him, he’s someone who has to come forward and roll down the field and open up opportunities,” Moore said.

“Someone like Jai Arrow should be more on the fringe but he has to stay in the middle because they’re not going down the park.

“I think Shannon Boyd ran for seven carries (against the Sharks). That’s not enough for a guy who’s on $700,000 in my book. They need more from him.”

Walters recognised some of their issues in attack were related to the club's injury crisis in the halves, missing starting pair Ashley Taylor and Tyrone Roberts.

The Titans have scored just one try in a fortnight, taking 127 minutes to get on the board in 2019.

While their spine can cop some of the blame, the Queensland coach insisted the energy must come from the pack.

“We’ve seen all the dominating teams in the opening rounds whether it be the Broncos, Storm or Roosters, their forwards have laid a great platform for everyone to work off,” Walters said.

“I don’t think that’s been the case for the Titans.

“Jai Arrow has been a mainstay for them, but I think their forwards have to be a lot more aggressive with their work.

‘’Also there’s a halves problem. They’ve trained there all off-season with Ash Taylor and Tyrone Roberts in those positions and they haven’t been able to play there.

‘’Say what you like but that is a major thing for the Titans, not only with their attacking structures but also defensively it creates hurdles and that has been their big problem.’’

Gold Coast face an even bigger test against the red-hot Rabbitohs, arguably the most in-form team in the competiton, hoping to come home with a major upset victory in Sydney on Sunday.