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Canterbury- Bankstown Bulldogs $1 million play for Parramatta superstar Jarryd Hayne Chief Sports writer, David Riccio The Daily Telegraph September 15, 2013 12:00AM

THE Bulldogs are planning to make a million-dollar play for Parramatta's number one star Jarryd Hayne. Canterbury officials began making inquiries into poaching Hayne just 24 hours after Ricky Stuart announced his sudden exit from the Eels last Wednesday night. It's the second time this year that Canterbury officials have looked at signing Hayne.

The Eels star would be a direct replacement for Brisbane Broncos bound fullback Ben Barba. Canterbury coach Des Hasler spoke with Hayne’s manager Wayne Beavis about Hayne mid-season, but nothing eventuated. Beavis will meet with his star client tomorrow, in what could mark be the beginning of the end of Hayne at Parramatta.

"I'll be meeting with Jarryd on Monday," Beavis said. "I want to talk to him about the events that have unfolded. He went to New Zealand on Friday and I haven’t had a chance to talk to him, so I just need to sit and talk to him and see where his head is a.

"I won't be making any further comment except to say he’s contracted at Parramatta."

The Bulldogs move to lure the 25-year-old from the troubled Eels is also the first sign that the fallout from Stuart's exit to Canberra next season is about to get even uglier. Contracted to the Eels until the end of 2015, Hayne failed to offer a firm commitment when asked to do so at last Thursday night’s club presentation night. Instead, he stated his focus was on being fit for the upcoming World Cup. And you could hardly blame the Test star for dodging the question, given the dilemma confronting his career. Hayne is facing the unenviable task of taking guidance from Parramatta's seventh coach in seven years. Hayne began his NRL career in 2006 when Brian Smith was head coach, but it wasn’t until Jason Taylor was appointed mid-season the same year that he made his first grade debut. But the constant boardroom in-fighting and lack of success on the footy field at the Eels has resulted in Hayne being subsequently coached by Michael Hagan, Daniel Anderson, Stephen Kearney, Brad Arthur and most recently Stuart. There is a growing belief, which is shared by rugby league immortal Bob Fulton, that Hayne's career has suffered and will never reach its full potential while ever the instability of the Parramatta club and it’s ever revolving door of coaches exists.

"It's a combination of factors that influences careers, you can’t say it’s this, that or the other but undoubtedly you have to start with the coaches," Fulton said.

"Ricky's problem was that Hayne was injured for the majority of the time that he had him, so he couldn’t have a big influence over his career.

"Ricky's the type of coach who would’ve been ideal, but that wasn’t to be.

"Jarryd’s probably got five or six seasons left in him and Wayne (Beavis) needs to be looking at placing him somewhere with a coach that has a history of getting the best out of their players.

" Hasler’s ability to influence careers is undoubted. He plucked Manly's premiership-winning half and Australian representative Daly Cherry-Evans from the QLD Cup, turned Bulldogs five-eighth Josh Reynolds into an Origin player and took Canterbury to last year's grand final in his first season at the club. Hasler's pursuit of a fullback to replace Barba has been widely reported with Josh Dugan targeted prior to re-signing with St George Illawarra while Israel Folau was also sounded out before he committed with Australian rugby union a fortnight ago. New Zealand’s Kevin Locke was also rejected links to the Dogs via Twitter on Friday, maintaining his commitment to the Warriors.