''He will only get better'': Jarryd Hayne was quickly into the thick of things during his comeback match with the Titans. Credit:Getty Images "Without a doubt," Thompson said. "The pressure he went through to go to NFL and the same deal in Fiji – to be playing and training at such a high level, to come back to what he knows best, he will only get better. "You saw him play on Sunday and the basics are still there. He went back to Fiji to train with the sevens and I think that got his skill set going again. "It got him fit again as well and he was ready to go. He's in a new environment with new players, so he'll get better with the run. "Once the whole team reads his play, it will be like clockwork. For him to do what he did first up, that was incredible."

Despite the lengthy absence, Hayne immediately stood out against the Warriors by putting up bombs, defusing them, stopping tries and set them up. However, the display only made it harder for Parramatta fans to stomach the fact that he will be playing against, rather than for the Eels, upon his return. Hayne blamed Parramatta's political instability, coupled with the club's inability to get a contract to him in a timely fashion, for joining the Titans instead. Thompson said Eels fans shouldn't be critical of Hayne's decision. "Those people have got to realise and appreciate it's a business nowadays," Thompson said. "He was waiting on them to make the first move because it's up to them how much they bring to the table. But unfortunately it was just a dog's breakfast there. You couldn't do anything. "Had the Parramatta administration had their house in order and everything was on paper and on board, he would have been there in a heartbeat.

"Unfortunately, it didn't end up that way. Those people have got to realise he needs to look after himself, he's got a lot of investments to look after and football is only there for a few years. He's got to make the most of it." Asked how Hayne would handle the emotion and expectation of lining up against the blue and golds for the first time, Thompson said: "He's a professional athlete, he's just got to put it all out there, put it all on the table and show them what they are missing out on." Hayne came off the bench against the Warriors, but has been named at five-eighth for the Tigers clash. However, he is likely to spend some time at fullback in his return to his old stomping ground at Campbelltown, against the incumbent NSW State of Origin fullback James Tedesco. "He's going to try to get the ball in his hands as much as possible," Thompson said. Loading