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HE must have laughed in between the tears on Monday night.
Jarryd Hayne's miracle try brought some rare joy to a terribly disrupted preparation for NSW coach Laurie Daley.
The smile though disappeared with Daley realising he may now be without giant Cronulla prop Andrew Fifita.
Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne on his way to score a great try. Source: News Corp Australia
Fifita left the field in the 18th minute during Monday night's game at Pirtek Stadium with syndesmosis.
He was at Westmead Hospital having scans before the match had even ended.
Fifita could miss several weeks, all but ending his chances of playing State of Origin I on May 28.
He left Pirtek Stadium on crutches.
James Tamou, Paul Gallen, Trent Merrin and Aaron Woods would now be NSW's front-row row contenders.
Andrew Fifita leaves the field with an injured ankle. Source: News Corp Australia
In the end, Parramatta won the Johnny Mannah Cup with a dominating 42-24 win over a disappointing Sharks side. Victory was special for Eels skipper Tim Mannah.
Parramatta looked a dangerous team at times last night. Good times lie ahead.
The night was lit-up by Hayne's dazzling try, where he beat four defenders in a scorching run to the try-line.
He is a dead-set freak. After the try, Hayne blessed himself, looked skyward and then did the Hayne Plane.
Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne celebrates try. Source: News Corp Australia
It was Hayne's eighth try in his last nine matches against Cronulla. Hayne scored a second run-away try last night nearing fulltime. He finished the game in the sin-bin.
NSW desperately need Hayne at his attacking finest to beat Queensland.
Rather than a minute's silence, fans before the game were asked to stand and applaud for a minute to honour Mannah, who passed away at the start of last season.
Moments later, the crowd was asked to remain silent for a minute in honour of Immortal Reg Gasnier, who passed away on Sunday night.
Cronulla's night couldn't have started worse after halfback Jeff Robson dropped the kick-off, resulting in a goal-line drop-out.
Cronulla skipper Paul Gallen after copping elbow to throat. Source: News Corp Australia
The Sharks couldn't get out of their own end after another fumble and minutes later the semi-trailer, winger Semi Radradra, stormed over out wide.
It was his 11th try in nine games this year. The big bloke is virtually unstoppable.
Cronulla did not have possession inside the Parramatta half for the opening eight minutes. And then, within seconds of that happening, Cronulla stunned Parramatta with a try.
It came after fullback Michael Gordon threw a beautiful long ball to unmarked winger Sosaia Feki, who did well to zip over in the corner. Gordon's sideline conversion gave Cronulla a 6-4 lead.
Jarryd Hayne makes a break. Source: News Corp Australia
Robson's unhappy start continued in the 15th minute when he failed to find touch from a penalty.
Midway through the first half, Robson made amends when he grubbered through for Wade Graham, who kicked again to score.
It was an amazing try. Gordon's simple conversion gave the visitors a 12-4 lead.
The bad news though was Fifita limped from the field the tackle before Graham's try.
Just as Cronulla looked to dominate, Hayne produced his moment of magic.
Hayne initiated a break down Parramatta's left side and then backed up to beat no less than four players to score a remarkable try.
Parramatta's Chris Sandow dives over for a try. Source: News Corp Australia
Halfback Chris Sandow converted to reduce Cronulla's lead to just two points.
Sandow then pushed his team ahead late in the first half when he chip-kicked ahead to score a fine solo try.
The little bloke loved it.
Sandow then converted to give Parramatta a 16-12 lead. That lead was extended minutes later when winger Ken Sio scored.
A second try to Hopoate just after the break gave the Eels a massive lead.
PARRAMATTA 42 (J Hayne 2 K Sio 2 W Hopoate S Radradra C Sandow W Tonga tries C Sandow 5 goals) bt CRONULLA 24 (I De Gois S Feki M Gordon W Graham tries M Gordon 4 goals) at Pirtek Stadium. Referee: Alan Shortall, Adam Devcich. Crowd: 12,541
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