The loss of Matt Moylan has not stopped Cronulla running out 40-10 NRL winners over Gold Coast at Cbus Super Stadium.

Kiwi playmaker Shaun Johnson stood tall on Saturday afternoon after the first-half departure of Moylan, as the Sharks ran amok in the second stanza to seal their third-straight victory for the first time since the end of the 2018 season.

Fullback Moylan lasted barely half-an-hour before aggravating his troublesome hamstring, trying to run down try-bound Titans winger Corey Thompson and adding to his injury woes.

Moylan was playing just his fifth game of the season after being restricted last season to only 11 appearances.

It was a return to Cbus Super Stadium to forget for the Titans, who marked their first game at their home ground since the resumption with a 10th-straight loss at the venue and yet more injury concerns.

Hooker Mitch Rein (knee) was lost in the 31st minute before his replacement Tanah Boyd received treatment for a shoulder niggle in the 57th.

Gold Coast’s depth had already been tested after losing influential back-rower Kevin Proctor (biceps) and winger Phil Sami (shoulder) at mid-week training.

After leading 12-10 at halftime, Cronulla blew out the scoreline with five unanswered tries.

In the end, it was one-way traffic as Briton Nikora (41st), impressive hooker Blayke Brailey (50th), influential No.7 Chad Townsend (57th), Royce Hunt (70th) and Bryson Goodwin (75th) all helped themselves.

Johnson took his season tally of try assists to a league-leading 12.

In the first half, there were bulldozing Cronulla tries by props Braden Hamlin-Uele (12th minute) and Andrew Fifita (32nd) but they would have gone into the sheds frustrated.

Moylan and Johnson cut apart the Titans’ right-side defence early but had little to show for their dominance after the Sharks bombed two tries including a sitter for Jack Williams in the 22nd minute.

Disaster struck for the visitors when Moylan reached for his hamstring as he tried to reel in Thompson after the winger pounced on a grassed Johnson pass and sprinted 85m to score in the 25th minute.

Moylan lasted just four more minutes before leaving the field.

Cronulla led 12-6 when Fifita ran off Wade Graham to crash through four defenders, but the gutsy hosts finished the first half strongly with winger Anthony Don scoring in the 35th minute and playmaker Ash Taylor finding holes at will.