Do You Really Want Hayne To Return?

Titans crack down could have Jarryd Hayne firing for Gold CoastPaul Kent, The Daily TelegraphMarch 3, 2017 7:19pmSubscriber onlyLIKE everything with Jarryd Hayne, it remains shrouded in magician’s smoke.There was a training session over the off-season and Hayne was putting in the kind of summer effort that suggests his next football game is a long way away when finally somebody had enough.The players were ordered to do it again. The whole session. The popular version is that Titans coach Neil Henry had seen enough — or, in this case, not enough — and ordered them to do it again.It’s the old one-in, all-in trick. Someone says it wasn’t the coach. It was the players who ordered the do-over. It is a strong step for a club ready to make the step to the genuine, and regular, premiership threats.Standards and discipline are all done in-house and their success relies on the strength of their commitment and that relies on privacy.The moment players think other players are talking about it, it collapses. But it is a defining moment for the club.NINE’S FREEFALL: Ratings plummetSHARKS SHOCK: New recruit’s fast trackArtwork: Scott “Boo” BaileyThe Titans’ leadership group drives the culture within the club and over the summer there have been a number of reasons to come down on a number of players for various infringements.Hayne is not alone. Penalties sometimes take the form of a monetary fine or extra training drills. No player is immune. Half a dozen Titans have copped a tickle-up over the summer. But Hayne stands out because he is, well, Hayne. He is no ordinary footballer. Nobody is when they come with their own logo.Hayne has a little habit of disappearing during training sessions. A quick toilet break that often happens, no doubt quite by accident, when the really tough stuff begins. It annoyed the Titans and they finally called him on it. Former Parramatta teammate Nathan Hindmarsh was frank on Matty Johns’s show on Thursday night describing how, even as a senior teammate, he never figured out a way to consistently get Hayne to perform close to his best. Take out the big stick or give him a cuddle? Neither seemed to work. More, neither was an indication how he might respond the next time.Jarryd Hayne feels the pain during Titans pre-season training. Picture: Richard GoslingThe Eels never worked out the puzzle. The club was battling to avoid the wooden spoon in 2013 and were desperate for Hayne to recover from a hamstring injury. Their winning chances jumped almost 20 per cent with Hayne in the side. He missed seven games, returned with four rounds remaining, and after two games was again named and declared. The Eels looked like they might do it. Then Hayne withdrew on game day.When the side returned to training the following round, Hayne ran out and began tossing the ball around with teammates.“What are you doing?” asked then coach Ricky Stuart. Hayne was a little confused.“Training?” he said.“No, you’re not,” Stuart said.“You’re still injured, so get up there with the injured squad.”Gold Coast Titans star Jarryd Hayne at the Auckland Nines.Or words to that effect. Stuart knew, and Hayne knew that Stuart knew. So later, after a video session the same day, Hayne asked Stuart if he could address the players.He stood in front of them and apologised for pulling out, confessing it wasn’t because he was injured but because he wanted to go to a concert the night before. The Parramatta players tried with Hayne but he was always different and nearly always treated differently by coaching staff at the club.At the Titans, Henry coaches like a socialist. Everybody is equal. If the rookie has to do 50 push-ups as punishment, so does the superstar. Henry’s only clue towards this came way back when the Titans landed Hayne, the big one, and as everybody applauded the club and wondered what Henry will do different now he has the shiny new toy, the coach said Hayne’s success will depend as much on how he fits in with the players as how the players fit in with him.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/titans-crack-down-could-have-jarryd-hayne-firing-for-gold-coast/news-story/f4a44e57858d9bacd963e96035bc2954

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  • Rather go to a concert, kidding right! Hope this guys never comes back to parra
  • So he pulled out of a 1st grade eels game faking injury so he could go to a concert the night before? am i reading that right?

    The club should not have covered that up, he should have been outed and it needed to be leaked, we obviously let him get away with that shit, unbelievable form from him.

    • So you're telling me you knew Jarryd Hayne would turn up to play every week consistently? It was frustrating watching week in week out Hayne not turning up what Hindmarsh said was evident in the results
    • So you're telling me consistent effort of 45 plus tackles isn't good enough, I've never watched a game where Hindmarsh didn't give it his all
    • The only thing that could possibly make faking an injury to go to a concert worse than it already is would be if he was going to a Shinobi concert. 

  • He showed his colours and they are not Blue and Yellow/Gold...never want to see him back at Parra.

  • BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA youre a funny guy Rey.

  • You don't need that kind of attitude at the club. Knew he was a lazy trainer but pulling out of a game to go see a concert is pathetic. No wonder why we had no team on the paddock and not everyone putting in.
    • I bet it was the back street boys or a George Michael concert, they both toured in 13, im pretty certain Phil went to both too that year.

    • And Ricky Stuart set up such a great team morale!? Trained half the team and left the others for dead the pricks heart was never in it. As though that wouldn't wear off on the boys as a group for starters.
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