Benji Marshall endured a miserable NRL return as a red-hot Parramatta blew away St George Illawarra 36-0.
THE St George Illawarra gamble on Benji Marshall has backfired spectacularly, with Parramatta smashing the Dragons on Saturday.
Instead of a flick pass, a flash of magic or some other Benji brilliance, it was a blue and gold onslaught that completely ambushed them.
Benji Marshall needs more game time before he is back to his best. Source: News Corp Australia
The low point for Marshall was when he threw a pass over the side line close to fulltime.
Rookie Eels forward Pauli Pauli scored a try and was a force in the middle of the field, while a blockbusting Junior Paulo run paved the way for Jarryd Hayne to get one of his two tries.
The Eels fullback produced another display that had shades of his Dally M medal year of 2009 stamped all over it.
Parramatta scored six tries in total, with halfback Chris Sandow kicking six goals from six attempts in another comprehensive display from the reborn No.7.
But the question today will be where do the Dragons go now after signing Marshall as their saviour.
Ken Sio touches down for one of his two four-pointers. Source: News Corp Australia
Their coach Steve Price cut a dejected figure, suggesting there was no quick fix to the Red V issues aside from hard work.
The loss was the Dragons' sixth in seven games and will mean Price's position comes under increased pressure.
It was the Dragons biggest loss against the Eels and the first time the Eels had kept a team scoreless since 2009.
"It's a tough one to take. We're training outstanding, I just can't up my finger on it," Price said. "We had a pretty simple game plan which we didn't get out there and implement. We need to have a really good hard look at ourselves at the moment. The only way out of it is by digging in and working hard. There's no quick fix."
Semi Radradra breaks through the Dragons' defence. Source: News Corp Australia
Eels coach Brad Arthur even had the chance to put Hayne in cotton wool with nine minutes remaining, much to the delight of NSW coach Laurie Daley.
Clearly beaming about the six-tries-to-nil effort, Arthur said the Eels still needed to learn to be more ruthless when they have the chance.
"I'm happy more about our effort on the back of a five-day preparation," Arthur said
"It took a while for us to find our groove in attack, but if we can continue to defend like that and keep turning up for each other then we might have a little bit more time to find our groove.
"We haven't talked about goals or where we want to get to. Our priority is about getting better on a weekly basis and working hard.
"There were some things there, I think out of our last eight sets we only completed four. We need to learn to be a little bit more ruthless and put them away.
Eels fans celebrate another Jarryd Hayne try. Source: News Corp Australia
A Ken Sio try and an 80m from Corey Norman after a Marshall fumble gave the hosts a 12-0 lead at the break.
However, the Dragons were on the wrong end of two questionable calls to deny Mike Cooper and Joel Thompson four-pointers.
Cooper raced over the line from a Marshall pass that was adjudged to be marginally forward and Thompson was pulled back after referee Jared Maxwell failed to play the advantage following a knock-on by Eels centre Willie Tonga.
Eel's Pauli Pauli celebrates scoring a try during the game between the Parramatta Eel's and the St George Illawarra Dragons at Pirtek Stadium,Parramatta .Picture Gregg Porteous Source: News Corp Australia
But there was no excuses in the second half for the visitors who were simply unable to cope with the pace and power of the Eels, who scored four unanswered tries.
Hayne extended the lead four minutes after the restart.
Sio added his second after Thompson spilt the ball on the first tackle. Back-rower Manu Ma'u and the outstanding Will Hopoate combined to send over the winger.
PARRAMATTA 36 (J Hayne 2 K Sio 2 C Norman P Pauli tries C Sandow 6 goals) bt ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 0 at Pirtek Stadium. Referee: Jared Maxwell, Chris James. Crowd: 18,631.
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