Gold Coast have caused a massive NRLW upset, ending Brisbane's long unbeaten run in the competition's first Queensland derby on Saturday.
The Titans, playing for the first time on home soil, edged out the Broncos 28-26 at CBUS Super Stadium in a thrilling affair to inflict just the second defeat on the premiers in NRLW history.
Not only is the loss Brisbane's first since 2019, it's the first time the Broncos have conceded over 20 points in a game in what is the highest-scoring match in the competition's history.
Jasmine Peters scored a second-half double for the hosts in a game that featured nine different tryscorers.
After racing out to an early 12-0 lead, the Titans were pegged back by the Broncos before back-to-back tries on halftime had the visitors 20-18 ahead at the break.
Gold Coast refused to go away however, with both teams trading blows across the second-half before Brianna Clark's 66th-minute penalty goal proved decisive.
"We just love playing tough footy and making it hard for ourselves," Titans captain Brittany Breayley-Nati said.
"But I'm so proud of how the girls stood up today and come back to get the victory against the benchmark team in the competition."
The Titans' second win of the season keeps them firmly in the finals hunt in fourth place.
Brisbane were missing key players Millie Boyle (COVID-19) and Tamika Upton (concussion) but coach Kelvin Wright said his team simply hadn't played to their potential.
"We've probably been spluttering along a bit for the whole competition to be fair and then today we didn't sort of dig ourselves out," Wright said.
"We just let our energy slide for too big patches and ultimately we paid for that.
"You never want to lose and we got what we deserved, I suppose, but the players are feeling it in there and we can be a lot better."
Gold Coast face Newcastle next weekend in the first game of a double-header at Suncorp Stadium with Brisbane aiming to bounce back to winning ways against Parramatta.
