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Jarryd Hayne will approach Ricky Stuart about a potential move to five-eighth a day after the coach dumped two senior players and named three debutants, including Frank Pritchard's brother, Kaysa.
Hayne, who described Monday night's humiliating loss to Penrith as the lowest point for the club for the past five years, admits he's been thinking about making the switch to five-eighth and will sit down with Stuart to talk about the change.
Half of them were Windsor Wolves players. For us to play the way we did, it was terrible.
In 2011, Stuart - the then NSW Origin coach - did not pick Hayne at fullback for the Blues because he believed the 25-year-old was best suited to five-eighth.
"The last five years have been awful. That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around": Jarryd Hayne. Photo: Brendan Esposito
With the Eels slumping to their fifth loss of the season, Hayne is giving serious thought to the idea of another stint wearing the No.6 jersey. ''I'm thinking about it,'' he said. ''It's something me and Sticky will have to discuss and see what he thinks. He obviously has the last call on it all. I'd love to play fullback as long as I can but if [five-eighth] is what best suits the team then I will do that.''
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Stuart has dumped Ben Roberts and Ben Smith back to Wentworthville, calling up Api Pewhairangi to play in the centres, as well as Peni Terepo and Pritchard on the bench.
The pint-sized Pritchard, 18, is a complete contrast to his older brother, weighing in at 84 kilograms and 170 centimetres in height.
The Eels have a high opinion of the crafty dummy-half, who has been called in to replace the dumped Roberts as Matt Keating's back-up.
Given the recent history of the success-starved club, Hayne's summation of the 44-12 defeat at the hands of a second-string Panthers side is a new low for the Eels.
It was not the embarrassing scoreline or the fact they left Centrebet Stadium without the two competition points, it was the calibre of the football team they so easily rolled over against that has frustrated their co-captain the most.
''The last five years have been awful,'' Hayne said. ''That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around. It wasn't the scoreline, it wasn't the loss, it was the players they had.
''Half of them were Windsor Wolves players. For us to play the way we did, it was terrible it's just not good enough. I really don't know what to make of the whole thing.
''Just with the players they had, we definitely had the talent and the experience last night, we had everything. For our team to have that, given we are inexperienced and have little depth, to have that on a team and especially in a rivalry against Penrith, to play like we did was nothing short of embarrassing.''
Hayne was at a loss to explain what went wrong at the foot of the mountains on Monday night.
As far as the future is concerned, he is all out of answers: ''I'm not sure what to do,'' Hayne said. ''The last five years have been awful. That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around. The whole 17 need to do it.'
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...humiliation-20130430-2iq3b.html#ixzz2Rxe5LUMu
Hayne, who described Monday night's humiliating loss to Penrith as the lowest point for the club for the past five years, admits he's been thinking about making the switch to five-eighth and will sit down with Stuart to talk about the change.
Half of them were Windsor Wolves players. For us to play the way we did, it was terrible.
In 2011, Stuart - the then NSW Origin coach - did not pick Hayne at fullback for the Blues because he believed the 25-year-old was best suited to five-eighth.
"The last five years have been awful. That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around": Jarryd Hayne. Photo: Brendan Esposito
With the Eels slumping to their fifth loss of the season, Hayne is giving serious thought to the idea of another stint wearing the No.6 jersey. ''I'm thinking about it,'' he said. ''It's something me and Sticky will have to discuss and see what he thinks. He obviously has the last call on it all. I'd love to play fullback as long as I can but if [five-eighth] is what best suits the team then I will do that.''
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Stuart has dumped Ben Roberts and Ben Smith back to Wentworthville, calling up Api Pewhairangi to play in the centres, as well as Peni Terepo and Pritchard on the bench.
The pint-sized Pritchard, 18, is a complete contrast to his older brother, weighing in at 84 kilograms and 170 centimetres in height.
The Eels have a high opinion of the crafty dummy-half, who has been called in to replace the dumped Roberts as Matt Keating's back-up.
Given the recent history of the success-starved club, Hayne's summation of the 44-12 defeat at the hands of a second-string Panthers side is a new low for the Eels.
It was not the embarrassing scoreline or the fact they left Centrebet Stadium without the two competition points, it was the calibre of the football team they so easily rolled over against that has frustrated their co-captain the most.
''The last five years have been awful,'' Hayne said. ''That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around. It wasn't the scoreline, it wasn't the loss, it was the players they had.
''Half of them were Windsor Wolves players. For us to play the way we did, it was terrible it's just not good enough. I really don't know what to make of the whole thing.
''Just with the players they had, we definitely had the talent and the experience last night, we had everything. For our team to have that, given we are inexperienced and have little depth, to have that on a team and especially in a rivalry against Penrith, to play like we did was nothing short of embarrassing.''
Hayne was at a loss to explain what went wrong at the foot of the mountains on Monday night.
As far as the future is concerned, he is all out of answers: ''I'm not sure what to do,'' Hayne said. ''The last five years have been awful. That was clear cut last night. No one player is going to turn it around. The whole 17 need to do it.'
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...humiliation-20130430-2iq3b.html#ixzz2Rxe5LUMu
