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Round 8, 2009: Parramatta 28 d Nth Qld 18
SMH.com
Hayne fires as Parra find the matter
Greg Prichard | May 2, 2009
Eels 28 Cowboys 18
PARRAMATTA coach Daniel Anderson said he was concerned when North Queensland started eating into his team's lead in the final 20 minutes of last night's match, but when you haven't won for a while and victory is suddenly within reach you get those sorts of nerves.
Parramatta were always going to win - it was just that they sat on their lead instead of trying to extend it.
While the Eels might have had to survive a tricky last couple of minutes, had the Cowboys been awarded a 77th-minute try they were disallowed by video referee Sean Hampstead, and converted it, they would have been the team that popped the cork.
It was the same Eels team, except for a couple of changes, but they had a whole new feel about them. They opened by scoring at fractionally better than a point a minute to build a 14-0 lead.
The star of that brilliant early blitz was Jarryd Hayne, who began the season at five-eighth, was then switched to the centres and last night moved to fullback, with Joel Reddy going from wing to centre and Luke Burt from fullback to wing.
The Eels' first try came from halfback Kris Keating who picked up a loose ball and zoomed clear after North Queensland halfback Johnathan Thurston's kick cannoned into him from close range.
There was great support play from lock Joe Galuvao, who backed Keating up over 50 metres to take the pass and score after Cowboys fullback Matt Bowen caught up with the number seven.
Then Hayne shrugged off a tackle to score the second try and made a bust to set up hooker Matt Keating for the third. The Eels went to half-time leading 14-0.
Six minutes after the break, Hayne was at it again, kicking towards the corner with the defence up, for Burt to score. Afterwards, Hayne said he felt like he was back home, playing fullback.
"I loved it," he said. "It's where I've played all my life."
For all that he did do, Hayne's most spectacular effort was denied. Midway through the first half, he caught Eels five-eighth Feleti Mateo's chip kick on the full and then chipped ahead himself.
Hayne got to the ball first, but tapped it over the top of a defender before catching it on the full and scoring. Hampstead correctly denied it, disappointing the home team's fans - and Hayne.
"It was a bit tough," Hayne said. "I was just trying to regather."
Repeats of that sort of form over the next few weeks - including in Friday's City-Country game, in which he is likely to be the City fullback - would surely see Hayne win a spot in the NSW State of Origin side.
SMH.com
Hayne fires as Parra find the matter
Greg Prichard | May 2, 2009
Eels 28 Cowboys 18
PARRAMATTA coach Daniel Anderson said he was concerned when North Queensland started eating into his team's lead in the final 20 minutes of last night's match, but when you haven't won for a while and victory is suddenly within reach you get those sorts of nerves.
Parramatta were always going to win - it was just that they sat on their lead instead of trying to extend it.
While the Eels might have had to survive a tricky last couple of minutes, had the Cowboys been awarded a 77th-minute try they were disallowed by video referee Sean Hampstead, and converted it, they would have been the team that popped the cork.
It was the same Eels team, except for a couple of changes, but they had a whole new feel about them. They opened by scoring at fractionally better than a point a minute to build a 14-0 lead.
The star of that brilliant early blitz was Jarryd Hayne, who began the season at five-eighth, was then switched to the centres and last night moved to fullback, with Joel Reddy going from wing to centre and Luke Burt from fullback to wing.
The Eels' first try came from halfback Kris Keating who picked up a loose ball and zoomed clear after North Queensland halfback Johnathan Thurston's kick cannoned into him from close range.
There was great support play from lock Joe Galuvao, who backed Keating up over 50 metres to take the pass and score after Cowboys fullback Matt Bowen caught up with the number seven.
Then Hayne shrugged off a tackle to score the second try and made a bust to set up hooker Matt Keating for the third. The Eels went to half-time leading 14-0.
Six minutes after the break, Hayne was at it again, kicking towards the corner with the defence up, for Burt to score. Afterwards, Hayne said he felt like he was back home, playing fullback.
"I loved it," he said. "It's where I've played all my life."
For all that he did do, Hayne's most spectacular effort was denied. Midway through the first half, he caught Eels five-eighth Feleti Mateo's chip kick on the full and then chipped ahead himself.
Hayne got to the ball first, but tapped it over the top of a defender before catching it on the full and scoring. Hampstead correctly denied it, disappointing the home team's fans - and Hayne.
"It was a bit tough," Hayne said. "I was just trying to regather."
Repeats of that sort of form over the next few weeks - including in Friday's City-Country game, in which he is likely to be the City fullback - would surely see Hayne win a spot in the NSW State of Origin side.
