Grothe amazed at young Eels

Parramatta winger Eric Grothe says he is continually amazed at the attacking potential of his young Eels teammates.

Grothe was the only outside back not to score in the his side's 36-16 demolition of the Sydney Roosters in Saturday night's NRL clash at Aussie Stadium, with winger Jarryd Hayne and fullback Luke Burt both bagging a double.

Centres Ben Smith and young Kiwi international Krisnan Inu also scored and terrorised the Roosters defence while second rower Feleti Mateo was very dangerous and threw a superb cut out pass to put Hayne across in the second half.

Parramatta have the second best attack in the NRL - behind league leaders Melbourne - with halfback Tim Smith and five-eighth Brett Finch hitting their straps setting up tries with both hand and foot.

Grothe, a contender for a NSW State of Origin recall on Tuesday, said the Eels attacking potential is now as strong as it has ever been boding well for a strong run at the NRL finals.

"We are pretty lucky in that we have good attacking options right across the park," said Grothe.

"Guys like Kris Inu and Ben Smith, they are a danger on either side and those boys are going great and when these young fellas are scoring tries I like to sit back and just watch them.

"They're only young too those boys. I think they're all signed up for a few years to come so it's only going to get better for us.

"I'm looking for a big second half of the season and getting to the semi finals and anything can happen from there."

Parramatta coach Michael Hagan couldn't be happier with his side's first half of the season, reaching their bye weekend with a 9-6 record to be sitting third on the competition table.

Captain and in-form prop Nathan Cayless (broken hand) is due back in the coming weeks along with representative centre Timana Tahu (hamstring) which could provide some selection headaches for Hagan.

Tahu's replacement Inu has been sensational in his debut season while the Eels have plenty of forward firepower with Josh Cordoba, Fuifui Moimoi and Aaron Cannings all superb in recent weeks.

"Invariably those things sort themselves out," said Hagan of his looming selection issues.

"I think we've got through this representative period pretty healthy as far as injuries and our form is concerned.

"I think we'll hopefully look forward to Nathan Cayless and maybe Timana Tahu coming back after the bye or not too far after that.

"We are looking forward to a really good run home from here.

"I think the players will enjoy the week off because they have worked very hard for 15 weeks of the competition and we're the last team along with three others to get the bye next weekend.

"We can be reasonably happy with what we've done and can still improve on our performance in the coming weeks."