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Former NRL prima Jarryd Hayne has breached his soundlessness aft returning to play footy again.
The erstwhile Parramatta Eels prima played his past crippled successful the NRL backmost successful 2018, and connected Sunday afternoon, turned retired for the Wentworthville Magpies successful the Ron Massey Cup.
It comes 11 months aft Hayne was released from situation aft the erstwhile Parramatta Eels prima won an entreaty against his rape convictions.
The footy star's vocation came to a premature extremity aft Hayne was sentenced to 3 years down bars. He had served 1 twelvemonth of his condemnation earlier his merchandise successful June 2024.
He was convicted of 2 counts of intersexual intercourse without consent connected April 2023, but some convictions were subsequently quashed by the New South Wales Court of Appeal.
The 37-year-old, who made 176 appearances for Parramatta, had been nearing a instrumentality to the footy transportation implicit the past fewer months but a hamstring wounded had slowed his instrumentality to action.
Ex-NRL prima Jarryd Hayne (centre) has returned to the footy transportation aft helium was released from jailhouse past year
Hayne had been sentenced to 3 years successful jailhouse aft being convicted of 2 counts of rape but those charges were overturned successful June 2024
The footy prima (right) had served 1 twelvemonth of his situation condemnation earlier being released
Last year, Hayne signed with the United Sporting Club to play successful January's Nines Premier League connected the Gold Coast but spent small clip connected the pitch, owed to injury.
But connected Sunday, helium yet made his instrumentality to the pitch, turning retired for the Wentworthville Magpies, a Parramatta feeder club, successful the Ron Massey Cup.
And helium showed nary signs of rustiness, nor injury, arsenic helium helped the Magpies seal a comeback triumph against the Canterbury Bulldogs astatine Ringrose Park.
'It was bully for astir 70 minutes, past the past 10 killed me,' Hayne told Channel 9.
'Good to get the 80 [minutes] though, we've got the bye [round] adjacent week truthful I'll beryllium recovering.'
After the Bulldogs took a 14-10 pb into the sheds astatine halftime, Hayne, who besides played arsenic a moving backmost for the San Francisco 49ers successful the NFL, stepped up to nutrient a perfectly weighted walk to winger Austin Quast, who dotted down to necktie the scores astatine 14 points apiece.
Hayne besides came adjacent to crossing the whitewash himself connected the pursuing play.
The Magpies subsequently went connected to assertion a 22-14 victory.
The 37-year-old had been nearing a instrumentality to the footy transportation astatine the commencement of 2025 but a hamstring wounded had prevented him from playing
On Sunday, the two-time Dally M Medallist made his rugby league instrumentality for the Wentworthville Magpies
Hayne acceptable up a effort successful the lucifer and astir crossed the whitewash himself, helping the Magpies assertion a 22-14 victory
After the match, Hayne spoke retired connected his travel implicit the past fewer years stating helium was 'moving forward'
The erstwhile Dally M medallist was a carnal beingness connected the tract and looked successful large signifier arsenic helium broke done tackles and flung immoderate stunning passes retired wide
Hayne played the afloat 80 minutes of the lucifer and admitted his delight astatine being capable to get backmost onto the field
He added that helium was looking guardant to playing much footy and 'having amusive again'
The footy star, meanwhile, looked blessed to beryllium backmost connected the pitch, smiling and laughing with his team-mates arsenic helium returned to the transportation for the archetypal clip since 2018.
'It's been a journey, but it's life. We determination forward,' Hayne said.
'It's been bully to get the win.'
The erstwhile Fiji prima besides revealed that helium hadn't missed playing footy until a twelvemonth ago.
'I astir apt didn't miss it until astir a twelvemonth agone and it's been a bully break, I've enjoyed it. I emotion my sport, interaction footy, Oztag, I'm ever doing something.
'To travel retired present - they're a bully clump of boys.
'For me, it's astir playing footy and having amusive again.'
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