It was one of a handful of breathtaking pieces of play that turned the result the way of the visitors but Hayne said such deeds would not have been possible without the careful management of his workload post the Origin period.
When Hayne sat out the 48-0 drubbing dished out by the Warriors in the wake of Origin III critics suggested that he was letting his teammates down by not backing up but the Blues star revealed that it was all part of a carefully managed plan hatched in the pre-season.
"My legs and my knees are definitely tough. I'm sitting at about 105 [kilograms] at the moment and to reach speeds that I reach and do things that I do it takes a lot of impact through the body," Hayne explained.
"Most blokes that are 105 are either front-rowers or second-rowers that don't hit speeds that I do and for me to hit those speeds it puts a lot of pressure through my joints and my lower body.
"We really had a plan for this, for my body to feel fresh coming into the back-end of the year and having a week off after Origin was part of that process.
"Obviously I was under a bit of heat for doing it but deep down we knew what it was for and I guess the way my body is and previously with injuries we always knew that it would be the best for me and the team.
"It was discussed very early in the year, pretty much in pre-season. Just with the injuries that I've had and sustained, you've got to be a bit smart these days. It's not all about being tough and trying to be a hero and playing injured, it's all about getting out there and doing what I did tonight and winning games."
After two successive wooden spoons to be sitting on 22 competition points six weeks out from the finals has already far exceeded what many pundits thought Parramatta would be capable of in 2014 but Hayne is refusing to buy into the suggestion that they have scaled any great heights just yet.
"We're still at the bottom of the mountain. There's still a long way for us to climb and to be a consistent team and that's the end goal," said the 26-year-old who has now scored 10 tries in his past nine games.
"We know with the young players that we've got coming through that we're in a really good position to really compete over the next couple of years and definitely this year."
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Yep, if it was something agreed to in the preseason I wont hold it against him. I was pretty critical considering we also had Mannah out and had to go in with Tonga leading the way, but Hayne makes sense and it was a plan from early in the season rather than fingernail trimming.
If a week or two off is the price we have to pay to see Hayne play like that in the back end of the season, I'm more than happy to oblige.
Yes, it is still possible we can give this comp a shake, but the team has to fire as a whole. Hayne can't do it all alone.
I'm hoping the return of Manu will see us return to our early season form.
You covered it brilliantly Kramerica..........He's simply the best!
He needs to get down around 100kg to increase his speed and take some of the pressure off his weak knees.
An Increase in mass at the same acceleration, an increase in force.
This is why he is hard to tackle.
At least fans etc would understand what's going on.
Hayne was reading this forum and all the crap you and others had heaped on him made Hayne a sad Panda, so he decided to go on the attack. Take that merkins!!!
lol sad panda.
Hayne HAS a direct line to the TANK, but since I've been putting shit on him, he hasn't been calling me.
Jarryd why so sad?
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