Parramatta want to make superstar fullback Jarryd Hayne and Eel for life
Dean Ritchie
The Daily Telegraph
July 03, 2014 12:00AM
NSW superstar Jarryd Hayne wants to be an Eel for life.
Hayne, 26, comes off contract after next year, and Parramatta management are desperately keen to kick-start negotiations early.
“If I wanted to go, I’d be long gone,” Hayne stressed.
Hayne spoke of a bright new era at Pirtek Stadium with a robust roster, flamboyant style and a rising coach in Brad Arthur.
“What he is building and the way he is coaching, I think he has a huge amount of talent as a coach,” Hayne said.
“He can read the game and reads the plays.
“For us, we want to make the finals. You look at the game on the weekend (versus Newcastle), we didn’t have a finals attitude and we should have wrapped that game up.
“If we had a better mentality and more experience we would have won. We went close, don’t get me wrong.
“We are definitely still in the hunt. We just need to find a bit of rhythm, that’s all we are lacking. We are a good team but not a great team at the moment.”
Parramatta has a big, fast and young football side.
With Arthur moulding the future, Parramatta is poised to yet again become a rugby league force.
“In the next couple of years when we can fix up our salary cap and start to buy marquee players, that will help as well,” Hayne said.
Asked was Parramatta about to sign Bulldogs centre Krisnan Inu, Hayne said: “I think there was (some talk about that).
“The last time I spoke to him, he was um-ing and ar-ing.”
Hayne is now back in camp with NSW and ready to star again in Origin III at Suncorp Stadum next Wednesday night.
The brilliant fullback was in tears after securing the historic series win in Sydney. They were television images that will forever be etched into Origin folklore.
“It was emotional and it was a long time coming,” Hayne said.
“It kind of caught up with me, especially seeing some of the older boys, Robbie, ‘Lukey’ (Lewis) and ‘Gal’ (Paul Gallen).
“To be apart of it was huge and special.”
Hayne denied this game should be referred to as a “dead rubber”.
“Everyone who has pulled on the jersey wants to win,” Hayne said.
Asked would Queensland come out fighting given their series failure, Hayne said: “You’d think so. I am sure they are going to want to win on their home ground.
“This game will be just as important as the first two. Origin is Origin, it wouldn’t matter whether we have been beaten 25 games in a row or won 25 games in a row.
“You want to win.”
Hayne has been simply stunning in this year’s series, particularly game one in Brisbane.
“I try and play my best every week and try and do my thing,” he said.
Originally published as Parra want to make Hayne Eel for life
