Jason Taylor's first act as an NRL coach was to launch the Hayne Plane. A decade on, the Wests Tigers coach needs to, at least temporarily, stall the trajectory of Jarryd Hayne.

Five days before helping the Wests Tigers slay the world's best player and the NRL premiers, Jack Littlejohn walked onto a building site as "the rock star". But the man who dedicates his days off to working on the tools wouldn't have it any other way.

In another life and another time Mitchell Moses might have been donning blue and gold running out alongside Jarryd Hayne - not trying to shackle his rugby league second coming.

A Tigers star will consider asking two of his high-profile teammates to not think about money and stay together when the joint venture faces a recruitment scramble next year.

The father of Jarryd Hayne says he shouldn't be blamed for not re-joining the "dog's breakfast" that is Parramatta and predicted 'The Plane' would soar to even greater heights in his return to the NRL.

It may be a financial burden playing NRL games at suburban grounds however Wests Tigers may not be able to ignore the competitive benefit

There was no fluke in this victory. The Cowboys were simply superb.

In the space of 80 minutes, Wests Tigers fans went from booing their own coach to giving his team a standing ovation.

Wests Tigers chair Marina Go, an unabashed champion of the NRL's Women In League round, is looking forward to the day it is no longer required.

James Tedesco has struggled to breathe at times with a problematic nose this season.

It is understood the Tigers are prepared to subsidise Farah's wage to the tune of up to $600,000 to get him off their books, which could make him reasonable value for rival clubs.

Jarryd Hayne's return to the NRL will be music to the ears of all long-suffering NSW fans. But the Blues' incumbent No.1 warned the Titans recruit he has a fight on his hands for the fullback spot.

The Tigers are sick of being reminded they're a "potential over performance" side as a halfback who has played just one game for the club looms as a finals wildcard if he's given the nod to replace Luke Brooks.

The chances of Robbie Farah switching to St George Illawarra will increase if the club retains Benji Marshall beyond this season.

Wests Tigers may be on the cusp of reaching the NRL finals for the first time in five years after clinching a hard-fought win over Parramatta Eels but the door refused to shut on Robbie Farah's return after the Tigers, despite the scoreline.

Robbie Farah will escape sanction for his post-game criticism of Jason Taylor after being dropped from the club's first-grade side as the Wests Tigers coach admitted on Friday he felt empathy for the veteran representative hooker.

Rugby league, it has been proclaimed, is the Greatest Game of All. But to Josh Aloiai, it is something else.

​Jason Taylor empathises with embattled Wests Tigers star Robbie Farah, recalling how he wrote letters to coaches begging for another shot in the NRL when he was axed from first grade in his own playing days.

The entire Robbie Farah-Jason Taylor debate is split along mostly predictable lines – respect for a club legend versus the right of a coach to make a decision that is best for the team.