Hat-trick heroes lead Eels to victory

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BEFORE the game even kicked off last night, Parramatta's ground announcer asked the home crowd to make welcome their new "supercoach" Brad Arthur.

By fulltime the Eels' long-suffering faithful were standing as one as they celebrated a thumping 36-16 victory over the Warriors that gives this blue and gold army reason to hope 2014 will be the start of a bright new beginning.

This time last year the Eels started with a similar flogging of the Warriors before their season turned to disaster - but you just get the feeling this is going to be different.

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All up the Eels crossed for seven tries to three in a comprehensive victory that ended in hat-tricks to exciting young wingers Semi Radradra and Vai Toutai.

Nathan Peats was terrific at hooker - and that young backrower who came to the Eels via a New Zealand jailhouse is going to give their left edge some menace.

As a teenager Manu Ma'u was part of a Polynesian gang that ran amok on the Auckland streets, but after a few years in the clink he's now found a new direction at the age of 25.

And judging by the look of him, he's the sort of bloke you'd rather be with than against.

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Ma'u was man of the match in his debut and after running 190 metres and creating havoc, Jarryd Hayne spoke about the hulking backrower's impact.

"Manu Ma'u was probably the one who stood out the most for me," Hayne said.

"I think Corey Norman and Peatsie have sort of been established. You knew what they were going to bring and they brought that quality.

"But I thought Manu Ma'u was great for us.

"His aggression in defence and the way he ran the ball and targeted their halves was great.

"It definitely got a lot of momentum for us."

Hayne was unlucky not to take home the man of the match award himself but he probably wouldn't have cared given the attitude the new look Eels unearthed.

With Will Hopoate back in the big time, Hayne now has someone with the same type of talent to take the heat off him - and watching them in action last night, you could just see the possibilities ahead.

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They worked perfectly in the lead up to Toutai's first try, with Hayne's quick hands and Hopoate's timing the key, and when they walked in together at the post match media conference it was like a statement in this club's future.

And in between the two stars sat an unassuming football coach who has just been handed his big chance in life.

By all reports, Arthur is more than decent bloke with a young family and a wonderful knowledge of football.

He took over as the interim coach at the Eels back in 2012 after Steve Kearney got the bullet but after working last year under Geoff Toovey at Manly the Eels brought him back to try and resuscitate the club's fortunes.

"I didn't really have expectations on the actual performance. I just wanted to make sure that they had a real desire and a want," Arthur said post match.

"We talked about just finding a way to do things.

"It is not always going to be pretty and the scoreline doesn't reflect to me anything we talk about during the week.

"It is just finding a way to get the two points and we managed to do that."

Vai Toutai dives in athletically for one of his three tries. Source: News Limited

The Eels lost Tim Mannah from the kick off when the co-captain charged into a wall of Warriors but came off second best.

But while Mannah was off in the concussion bin his teammates seized control of the match.

Radradra scored one try and set up another for Hayne after beating three defenders - while the work Hayne and Hopoate did for Toutai's first was all class.

The Warriors stormed back to within two points at halftime on the back of an eight-point try to Carlos Tuimavave that ended with Peni Terepo on report.

But when Radradra scored twice in the opening six minutes of the second half the Eels were back in control and the home crowd rode them all the way to the hooter.

And on a weekend of poor NRL crowds the 14,397 who turned up at Parramatta Stadium had a ball.

They cheered and they cheered and they went home with a good reason to come back.

Asked if that "desire" he spoke about was the essence of his pre-season message after the torment of last year, Arthur reasoned: "We haven't talked about what has happened in the past.

"We want the boys to enjoy coming to training, to their workplace, and have a bit of passion about what they are doing.

"And today capped off I think it is the first time in three or more years that all five grades have actually won. So that's a good feeling but we have still got a long way to go."

And next up is the reigning premiers next Saturday night at the Roosters' home before they travel to Brookvale to face Manly the following week.

PARRAMATTA 36 (S Radradra 3 V Toutai 3 J Hayne tries C Norman 2 J Paulo 2 goals) bt WARRIORS 16 (G Fisiiahi C Tuimavave M Vatuvei tries S Johnson 2 goals) at Pirtek Stadium. Referee: Adam Devcich, Henry Perenara. Crowd: 14,397.

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