Parramatta’s hopes of staying away from a the NRL wooden spoon were dealt a massive blow on Tuesday with star fullback Jarryd Hayne ruled out for the remainder of the season with a medial ligament injury to his proper knee.

Hayne, has struggled all season with a assortment of injuries, but produced a shock return from a foot dilemma to inspire the cellar-dwelling Eels to a shock win above Melbourne on Saturday in Stephen Kearney’s final game as coach.

The 2009 Dally M medallist will undergo surgical treatment in the following 24 hours to restore the grade three tear, and will subsequently miss the remainder of the campaign and potentially the Kangaroos’ a single-off Test against New Zealand in October.