Jarryd Hayne ranks outside NRL’s top 50 in nearly all key attacking statistic categories

THEY are the glaring statistics that prove how big a flop the Gold Coast’s million-dollar man Jarryd Hayne has been.

Jarryd Hayne ranks outside the top 50 in nearly all key attacking statistic categories.

HERE is the proof Jarryd Hayne is not in the top 50 NRL players and has been a $1 million flop on the Gold Coast.

Hayne celebrated his one-year anniversary at the Titans this week and will play his 21st match for the club in Saturday’s clash against the Dragons at Kogarah.

The honeymoon period is long over for the “Hayne Plane” who has delivered little for the Titans since his high-profile move to the club after a brief dalliance in the NFL.

Hayne, 29, ranks outside the top 50 in nearly all key attacking statistic categories. He is even outside the top 100 in some.

The only category he gains a pass-mark in is tries scored with eight in 14 games this season ranking him 28th in the league.

Hayne, 29, is in the top five earners in the game with his salary, which rises to $1.2 million next year, putting him alongside the likes of Test stars Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith and Billy Slater.

Jarryd Hayne ranks outside the top 50 in nearly all key attacking statistic categories.

But his output on the field leaves a lot to be desired, with the Titans languishing in 14th spot on the ladder and battling to avoid the wooden spoon.

Hayne has only won four matches in his favoured No. 1 jersey for the Titans and has not got anywhere near the heights which saw him share the 2014 Dally M Medal with Thurston.

His signing put tremendous stress on the Gold Coast’s salary cap and former captain Nathan Friend said the club’s board should not have pushed for him.

“It spiralled out of control when they got Jarryd. We only won two games at the back end of last year going into the finals,” he said.

Jarryd Hayne has not hit his top form for the Titans.

“Before that we were playing for each other and everyone had each others’ backs. We did well.

“With the inclusion of Jarryd you lose three or four players. You are unable to retain players because you buy one person who you think can put bums on seats.

“On the other hand if you win matches, your team’s successful and plays for each other, you’re going to get support anyway.

“From a business point of view people just look at numbers instead of how the individual gels in the team.

“Some of those decisions should be left to football staff. Not business people. They’ve probably got that mixed up a little bit.”

Jarryd Hayne has only won four matches in his favoured No. 1 jersey for the Titans.

Hayne still has silky playmaking skills but he has only created five tries for the Titans this season, ranking him 51st in the NRL.

His eight line-breaks (57th) and six line-break assists (52nd) are well below what was expected and he is ranked 123rd for tackle busts (27).

Playing five games at centre this season has impacted on his creativity but his runs (avg. 10, 102nd) and run metres (avg. 94m, 135th) show he is not getting involved enough.

Former Maroons centre Justin Hodges lashed Hayne as selfish for his crucial play in last week’s 54-0 debacle against the Broncos where he kicked the ball dead on the first tackle.

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Under-pressure Titans coach Neil Henry said Hayne had admitted fault for that game-changing play and said the Gold Coast was ready to bounce back against the desperate Dragons.

“That was an unfortunate play. He put his hand up for that,” Henry said.

“It’s a difficult week when you have a couple of performances like we’ve had.

“That comes with the job. I’m okay with that. I’m happy to take a bit of heat off the players in some regard.

“All coaches go through it at some stage. You don’t want it to happen too often because you’re not going to be around.

“It’s been a distraction but we can’t do anything about that. It’s going to get hammered until the team plays a better brand of football and gets some wins on the board.”