Jarryd Hayne: Former NRL star and convicted rapist pursued in civil matter
Jarryd Hayne is headed back to the courts, with the disgraced former NRL star - whose legal bill is already into the hundreds of thousands of dollars - facing further financial repercussions.
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Disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is facing another major legal fight after the woman he was found guilty of sexually assaulting launched a civil case which will be mentioned at the Supreme Court later this month.
It is the second major civil matter Hayne has faced after reportedly paying almost $100,000 to settle a rape case in the US in 2019.
Hayne’s civil matter will be mentioned on November 21 at the Supreme Court. He is appealing the criminal conviction.
Hayne is serving three years for the sexual assault of the woman on NRL grand final night in 2018.
Hayne’s legal bill for his court cases is already into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is unclear just how much he will have to pay should he lose the civil case.
In the US, Hayne settled an unrelated sexual assault civil claim brought by a woman in San Jose while contracted to the San Francisco 49ers during his short NFL stint.
This masthead uncovered a photo of Hayne with fellow jailed NRL player Manase Fainu together in their prison greens last month.
The pair who were once cellmates were joined by a group of fellow inmates as part of an Indigenous celebration.
More negative headlines could follow Hayne with the NRL waiting until Hayne exhausts all his appeal options before considering a plan to strip him of his 2009 and 2014 Dally M Medals.
DE LA SALLE MISS OUT ON FUTURE NRL STAR
One of Cronulla’s biggest junior league clubs has fallen short in trying to lure a future NRL star away from the Knights to the Sharks.
De La Salle, famous for producing the likes of Andrew Ettingshausen, Aaron Raper, Adam Dykes, Adam Macdougall and Connor Tracey, recently took their under-16’s team away to Taree to tackle a Clontarf Academy team.
The De La Salle side was led by former Sharks forward Alan Wilson, who wanted to expose the boys to life outside of their own Sutherland Shire footy community.
De La Salle not only returned home with a rewarding experience, but a first-hand look at scintillating fullback Tashiem Abbott.
Effortless on his feet, Abbott scored four tries for the Clontarf Academy.
Such was his dominance, the De La Salle coaching staff suggested Abbott find a home at Cronulla.
However, the teenager informed them that he was on his way to first grade via the Newcastle Knights pathways program.
Randwick on Tuesday was a bit of a whose of the sporting landscape. Just hours after being sacked by Sydney FC, former coach Steve Corcia attended the fancy ballroom. Also in the room were a stack of ARL commissioners including Megan Davis, Gary Weiss and Kate Jones. NRL boss Andrew Abdo was also there. Tigers boss Justin Pascoe and Eels star Mitchell Moses were also at Randwick.
FLASHBACK
Kiwi stars Jason Donnelly and Stephen Kearney were seriously injured after a hotel railing collapsed during their tour of France on this day 30 years ago. The pair fell from the first floor with Donnelly suffering a fractured ankle, torn groin and concussion. Kearney was also concussed.
LEAGUE OR UNION? NRL’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
The NRL’s Las Vegas incursion is a chance for the sport to try to pull off the ultimate mission impossible - teaching the Yanks the difference between rugby league and union.
Former South Sydney and Canterbury junior Jordan Mailata has tried his best since joining the Philadelphia Eagles but has now officially given up.
“I just could not be f---ed explaining to people the difference between rugby league and rugby union,” Mailata said on Jason and Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast.
“I played league, I just couldn’t be arsed explaining to people the two differences. So I just keep it under the same umbrella.”
Still, there’s some Aussies fighting the good fight, with expat Garth Hick and his daughter Chloe invited onto the field during warm-up before an Eagles match after holding up a sign saying, “Mailata, we know it’s rugby league.’’
Hick, who now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, wore a Rabbitohs jumper to the match.
“We keep hearing over here how Jordan played rugby. I explain to people the difference between the two,” Hick told us.
Mailata’s NFL journey is the stuff of fairytales – as a 140kg wrecking ball he was told he was too big for league, but is the perfect build for an offensive tackle and is now on a four-year, $108 million contract.
And despite Americans being wowed by the NRL’s big hits, Mailata said NFL is the harder sport to play.
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“If you play (offensive) line and (defensive) line, it’s tougher than rugby because the pads don’t do shit,” told the Kelce brothers.
“When people are like, you guys wear pads, you’re a bunch of pussies… what?
“The bloody pad that goes on your chest is like this thin and you’re copping a f---ing helmet to the sternum that hurts, dude
Mailata also revealed how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pulled off a sneaky publicity move ahead of the biggest game of his life this year.
“This is the guy that called me the night before the Super Bowl and was like, oh, I just want to say, ‘congratulations. I wish you all the best’,” Mailata said.
“The next morning I get up, it’s all over f---ing Instagram, Facebook.
“Like the mother----- was recording on his end. They didn’t even tell me this shit. I was like, oh my God, that’s a great politician move right there.”
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