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With Jarryd Hayne stamping himself as the most potent attacking player in the NRL, Parramatta are in the process of locking up their superstar fullback for life.
RLW understands Hayne, who is off-contract next season, will be the Eels’ No. 1 priority for a contract extension at the end of the current year.
I’m sure everyone at Parra wants Jarryd to stay and that’s something we’re working towards,” Coach Daniel Anderson says. “Everyone is happy with his form and I certainly am too it’s easily the best I’ve seen him play since I’ve been at the Eels.
“Jarryd has been in ridiculously good touch and now his team-mates are building confidence around him and know that if they support him there will be opportunities. He was fantastic for NSW in Origin and while at stages against the Broncos he looked fatigued, he still came up with two massive plays.”
And it’s not just Hayne’s coaches and team-mates who have been impressed by his recent form, with the Broncos rival Karmichael Hunt labelling him a “coach’s nightmare.”
“Jarryd is certainly one heck of an athlete,” Hunt says. “He has a great frame, speed and agility. He has so much ability with and without the football and he’s up there with Inglis and Slater as one of the game’s best athletes. And with time and practice he is only going to get better and better.”
“Jarryd is just a coach’s nightmare. We even watched extra footage of him and were on high alert to get up in his face but you still can’t stop him with his brute strength and ability to poke his head through the line.”
Source: Matt Logue - Rugby League Week, Page 10, 1 July 2009.
RLW understands Hayne, who is off-contract next season, will be the Eels’ No. 1 priority for a contract extension at the end of the current year.
I’m sure everyone at Parra wants Jarryd to stay and that’s something we’re working towards,” Coach Daniel Anderson says. “Everyone is happy with his form and I certainly am too it’s easily the best I’ve seen him play since I’ve been at the Eels.
“Jarryd has been in ridiculously good touch and now his team-mates are building confidence around him and know that if they support him there will be opportunities. He was fantastic for NSW in Origin and while at stages against the Broncos he looked fatigued, he still came up with two massive plays.”
And it’s not just Hayne’s coaches and team-mates who have been impressed by his recent form, with the Broncos rival Karmichael Hunt labelling him a “coach’s nightmare.”
“Jarryd is certainly one heck of an athlete,” Hunt says. “He has a great frame, speed and agility. He has so much ability with and without the football and he’s up there with Inglis and Slater as one of the game’s best athletes. And with time and practice he is only going to get better and better.”
“Jarryd is just a coach’s nightmare. We even watched extra footage of him and were on high alert to get up in his face but you still can’t stop him with his brute strength and ability to poke his head through the line.”
Source: Matt Logue - Rugby League Week, Page 10, 1 July 2009.