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Leader ... Jarryd Hayne will be a co-captain at the Eels this year. Source: Gregg Porteous / News Limited
Tim Mannah will be unveiled as Parramatta's captain later this week, with Jarryd Hayne and Reni Maitua to be co-captains for the 2013 NRL season.
The Eels have scheduled a media conference on Friday to announce the news Hayne Tweeted that the trio would head the club's new leadership group under coach Ricky Stuart on Wednesday night.
Former NSW prop Mannah replaces Nathan Hindmarsh as skipper after the former representative star retired at the end of last season.
Jarryd Hayne and Reni Maitua will complete remarkable career transformations when they are named Parramatta co-captains this week.
Eels coach Ricky Stuart has carefully considered his options to replace retired skipper Nathan Hindmarsh since joining the club last September.
With no obvious successor, Stuart spent the entire off-season surveying the candidates and has ignored his natural preference for a stand-alone skipper.
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The co-captaincy model will involve Hayne and Maitua, while inspirational prop Tim Mannah is also expected to play a role.
While the rejuvenated Maitua has fought back from a two-year drug ban to clinch the honour, Hayne's appointment will be the major talking point among the blue and gold army.
An undoubted match-winner, the 25-year-old is a singular character who has confessed his dislike of training numerous times in the past.
But Stuart and Eels officials have enormous faith that the added responsibility will take Hayne's ownership of the team to another level.
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They have also been in negotiations since early December to extend his contract for another four seasons - a deal that is expected to be finalised before the season kicks off.
Maitua, 30, had no captaincy aspirations when he made his NRL comeback less than two years ago. But his leadership and dealings with younger players have been impossible to ignore over the past two off-seasons.
The former Test lock was also a key figure in overhauling the team's attacking structure late last season, leading to a handful of wins that gave Parramatta a chance to avoid the wooden spoon.
Both players also boast the advantage of staying on the field for the full 80 minutes.
While he generally plays just over half a game, Mannah's passion during the past year's woes worked in his favour.
And the strength he displayed during the passing of his little brother, Jon, last month was also tremendous.
In the absence of Hayne and Maitua, he led the Eels against Wests Tigers last week and joined Stuart to explain the disappointing 41-4 defeat afterwards.
Stuart did not return calls on Tuesday night, but the announcement will be made on Friday ahead of this weekend's final trial against Penrith.
The news comes as Parramatta CEO Ken Edwards begins a search for a new major sponsor after current backer Pirtek decided to cease support beyond this year.
Edwards has valued the package at $1.5 million a season, but Pirtek was only willing to re-commit for $3 million over the next three years.
The company's departure will relieve tension after Pirtek boss Glenn Duncan fell out with six of the seven directors following his snap decision to quit the board in late 2011.
"At the end of the day, $1.5 million a season wasn't viable for us. It was a 50 per cent increase," Pirtek said. "There are no hard feelings."
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