Did Kenny have a kicking game? Lol. No. He couldn't kick for shit.
Hayne kicked 40/20's. He could kick massive spiral bombs. He could kick and chase chips over the top. For others and himself.
I said before, Kenny was top 3 in my lifetime no doubt.
But Hayne has been the best Eel I have ever seen and despite his life f**k ups, my opinion will never change on that. Why should it? He did stuff time after time that I never thought possible.
The only other player that ever did that was Eric Grothe Snr - my 2nd ever most favourite player.
Kenny comes in at No 3.
There's been plenty of better players who achieved a lot more in the game then Hayne did however he's without doubt the most naturally gifted Rugby League player I've seen. To add what you have already highlighted...
-He could throw 30m cut out passes.
-Could get the ball from dummy half 5m out and just trample blokes to score through pure strength.
-Used to belt blokes in defence when he played in the outside backs. I remember he almost killed Darren Lockyer one day when he was playing for Fiji against Aus.
-Just about the best hands I've seen in Rugby League, through flick or catch passes, catching bombs and picking up grubbers off his boot laces. Ironically his NFL stint is mainly remembered for dropping that one punt.
Even when he came back in 2018 although the team went to shit (and there's an obvious argument that he had a negative effect) but individually Hayne himself was playing really good footy at the end of that year. It was actually getting to the old days of Plan A pass it to Hayne and hope he does something.
He's done some dumb and horrible things in his life. But full respect to him using his second chance to give back to Rugby League and his community.