Shot down by the Bulldogs
reduce the deficit to 10.
The 10,887 fans were waiting for Hayne to do something. Anything. After seeing off Henry, this was the chance to justify his exorbitant price tag and show fans and his employers that he was emotionally invested.
Wait... wait.... and there it was. With 16 minutes to go, Hayne took the ball, wound up for a long kick down the park and sprayed it off the side of the boot. It wobbled over the sideline on the full and he was greeted with one of the biggest cheers of the day.
That it seemed to be both sets of supporters giving him some stick should probably be of some concern for the Titans board and the new coach, who they hope will be in place by the pre-season start in November.
It ended in farcical scenes for the home side when Ash Taylor, spruiked as one of the best young halves in the game, picked the ball up on his line, ran a few metres and passed it straight to a slightly stunned Josh Morris.
Like Cher, Taylor wanted to turn back time.
As for the Dogs, they did more than enough with limited luck on the injury front. The first half produced some entertaining rugby league and Will Hopoate managed to break his 2017 try-scoring duck, crossing for a double.
Des Hasler lives to fight another day. Neil Henry has already gone.
Now, what to do with a plane named Hayne?