Jarryd Hayne - Make him an Eel for Life

[Twizzle]

I agree, Sowie would not be on anywhere near that, they got him fairly cheap if I remember

 

[God-King Dean]

hehe....

 

[Avenger]

I feel similar to when Sterling, Price and Kenny retired. I wish him well.

 

[Gronk]

 

[Avenger]

'I'm keen to play on': Hayne ready to be Eels' No.1 again

Jarryd Hayne has finally opened up about his playing future, revealing he wants to stay on at Parramatta in the No.1 jersey.

Hayne returned to the Eels at the start of 2018 on a one-year deal, taking a mammoth $700,000 pay cut in order to do so. From the moment he left the Titans, one of the biggest storylines of the year has been whether the cross-code star will be able to do enough to justify another NRL contract.

The 30-year-old got off to a slow start, the result of injuries and a stomach illness that left him feeling bloated and requiring surgeries.

However, the two-time Dally M medalist has shown flashes of his brilliant best once he regained full fitness. Playing in a variety of positions, Hayne finished the year with a club-best 10 tries from 15 appearances, as well as topping the Parramatta charts for line breaks and tackle busts.

Eels coach Brad Arthur has made no secret of his desire to retain Hayne, but the man himself has deflected all queries about his future. However, with Parramatta’s season finally over, Hayne said he had unfinished business and wanted to play on for the club next year.


“That obviously would be good, yeah,” Hayne told Fairfax Media. “I always knew that when I was fully healthy I’d be able to do what I do. It was good to personally finish strong but I’d rather win a few more games.”

Hayne started nine games at centre and five on the wing during his Eels comeback, although he often popped up all over the field after being given a roving commission from Arthur. It was only in the final game of the season, a 44-10 loss to the Roosters, that Hayne was given the chance to start at fullback.

Clint Gutherson, Bevan French and Corey Norman spent time in the custodian role during a disastrous season that finished with the wooden spoon. However, Hayne was solid in a badly beaten team in his only appearance in the No.1 jersey, scoring a try, notching 10 tackle breaks and running for 155 metres. Asked his preferred position next season, Hayne said: “I think I answered that [against the Roosters].”

The addition of Hayne to a side that made the top-four last season prompted many pundits to tip Parramatta to go even further in 2018. However, the Eels finished with their third wooden spoon in just seven seasons. Hayne has been there for them all them.


Given the diabolical result, coupled with the salary he sacrificed to leave the Titans with a year to run on a lucrative deal, it would be understandable if Hayne was second-guessing his decision. Asked if he had any regrets about returning to Sydney’s west, Hayne said: “Definitely no regrets. I came back for the right reasons and obviously it was a big sacrifice coming back.

“It was good to come back and do what I could, helping out in whatever way I could. Obviously it’s disappointing, we don’t want to be here. We just couldn’t get into our groove this year. We showed signs and patches at the end there but we were way too slow to start the year.

“It wasn’t good enough. We knew we had to put back to back games together. It took too long to get going.”

The Eels will be bolstered by the additions of Blake Ferguson, Junior Paulo and Shaun Lane next year. However, there could be further changes once a review into the football department is complete.

Hayne remained hopeful Parramatta could turn their fortunes around.


“It’s obviously a huge task,” Hayne said. “We’ll talk about it when we do our review but it’s that tough to put your finger on things. We showed it in patches this year but we just weren’t ruthless enough in attack.

“We obviously didn’t score enough points, our for-and-against wasn’t up there where we wanted it to be. It’s definitely disappointing.”


https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/i-...dy-to-be-eels-no-1-again-20180904-p501nt.html

 

[Happy MEel]

He’s fullback in my teamlist at this stage.

 

[Suitman]

Great thread bump.

 

[forward pass]

Awesome news.

 

[Suitman]

Awesome news.

What's more awesome is that it is a positive story about the NRL. No surprise that it isn't a News Limited story.

 

[Gary Gutful]

With a whole off-season under his belt he could easily cope with the demands of the fullback role. His improvement from the start of the season to the end due to some match fitness enormous.

 

[T.S Quint]

A shining light in an extremely dark year.
Welcome home Jarryd.

 

[strider]

The whole 700k paycut thing is a bit misleading ... sure he probably got 500k from parra this season, but he was still contracted at the titans for a while so would have got money from them and may have even got a payout to get off their books .... wouldnt surprise me if he got 200-300k from them - so overall 700-800k salary

Wonder what he will want going forward?

 

[Johnny88]

I think Hayne will have a great 2019 at fullback.

 

[IFR33K]

A friend of mine spotted Jarryd on a flight to the Gold Coast this afternoon. He's prob meeting with the Titans ;-)

Nah. No chance he’ll sign for the tits.

 

[TheParraboy]

2009 dally m winner
2014 dally m winner
2019 ?

 

[hineyrulz]

Once fit he showed what he can still do, with a full offseason there is no reason why he can’t play one next season.

 

[Twizzle]

Interesting to see if and how much he signs for with no freight being paid by the Tits. If we had to attract a player of his calibre from another club we'd need to pay a lot more than market value so we should probably expect a good deal out of this as he wants to be an Eel for 2019.

He is essential to our line up next season.

 

[forward pass]

The whole 700k paycut thing is a bit misleading ... sure he probably got 500k from parra this season, but he was still contracted at the titans for a while so would have got money from them and may have even got a payout to get off their books .... wouldnt surprise me if he got 200-300k from them - so overall 700-800k salary

Wonder what he will want going forward?

Not sure but he is worth every cent of it. He should be our highest paid player without any doubt.

 

[TheParraboy]

Interesting to see if and how much he signs for with no freight being paid by the Tits. If we had to attract a player of his calibre from another club we'd need to pay a lot more than market value so we should probably expect a good deal out of this as he wants to be an Eel for 2019.

He is essential to our line up next season.

titans paid freight? source?

Did he leave, rather than the titans sack him?
All the hype was how he took a massive pay cut for 2018 to be with us (closer to his daughter)


Kent has a spew about it
https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/j...s/news-story/3daee6dca3f0977f0f3895437fa664d9

 

[Avenger]

Not sure but he is worth every cent of it. He should be our highest paid player without any doubt.

If he plays at 1, there is no reason to keep both Norman and Moses in the halves. They need to choose one and let the other one go.I'm at the point where I don't care which one it is.