Jarryd Hayne is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who has played his entire career so far with the Parramatta Eels in the NRL. He has represented New South Wales and Australia at international level. In 2009, he won the Dally M Medal for NRL player of the year and led Parramatta to the grand final, though they lost to Melbourne. Hayne has established himself as one of the best players in the NRL through his try-scoring ability and strong performances at club and representative levels.

1. Hayne while playing for Parramatta in 2009
Personal information
Full name Jarryd Lee Hayne
Nickname
Hayne Train, Hayne Plane, Haynesy, Jazzer, Hayne
Machine
Born
15 February 1988 (age 25)
Sydney, New South Wales
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P

2. 2006– Parramatta Eels 155 83 2 3 339
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2006–2013 PM's XIII 3 6 0 0 24
2007–2012 City Origin 5 3 0 0 12
2007–2013 New South Wales 17 8 0 0 32
2007–2013 Australia 6 2 0 0 8
2008 Fiji 4 3 0 0 12
2010–2013 NRL All stars 2 1 0 0 4
As of 7 June 2013
Source: NRL Stats, Rugby League Project
Jarryd Lee Hayne (born 15 February 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian professional
rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League (NRL). A New South
Wales State of Origin and Australia and Fiji international representative back, he has played his
entire NRL career to date with Parramatta, with whom he won the 2009 Dally M Medal for the NRL's
player of the year
Early life[edit]
Jarryd Hayne is the son of Jodie Hayne and former South Sydney, Western Suburbs and
Auckland Warriors Centre Manoa Thompson. He began playing junior league for
Cambelltown City, East Cambelltown and Cabramatta, at the age of six. Hayne went to
school at John Warby Public School, Leumeah High and Westfields Sports High School.
Hayne won the 100-metre hurdles at the schoolboy nationals without even training.[1]
Rugby league career[edit]

3. 2006: First grade debut[edit]
Hayne made his NRL début with the Eels on 19 May 2006 against the Penrith Panthers at
CUA Stadium. He quickly made an impression on the competition scoring 17 tries within 16
games in his debut season.[2]
This tally included a personal best of four tries against the
Newcastle Knights in a 46–12 win to Parramatta.[3]
His excellent try scoring ability saw him
rewarded with the 2006 Dally M 'Rookie of the Year' award and a spot on the Kangaroos
Squad.[4]
2007: Representative grade debut[edit]
Hayne continued to impress in his second season with his talent, in which he secured
representative berths in City vs Country Origin, State of Origin and played a Test match for
the Kangaroos. He started the season at centre but later moved to fullback due to an injury to
Luke Burt and scored 12 tries, including the winning try against the New Zealand Warriors in
the First Qualifying Final of the 2007 NRL Finals series.
Following Parramatta's close victory against Brisbane in July 2007, Hayne was accused of
diving to impede Brisbane's momentum after a heavy hit from Sam Thaiday. Then Brisbane
coach Wayne Bennett said "You talk about ethics in our sport. You talk about not laying on
the ground" and then claimed Hayne should be cited for "bringing the game into disrepute."
Hayne denied that he dived to deliberately impede Brisbane's momentum and claimed that he
was genuinely hurt after the collision with Thaiday.It should be noted Hayne was not found
guilty of any of the accusations either in a court of law or the NRL judiciary[5]
In the 2007 Grand Final qualifier, Hayne was again accused of diving when he stayed down
and received a penalty for a high shot. Players also accused Hayne of winking after the
incident, Clint Newton saying "To lay down like he did and then get up and wink, I don't
think that's in the spirit of the game. Straight after he got up, he winked at Dallas Johnson –
facing us." [6]
Hayne denied the accusations, saying "I don't engage in that shit, I just score
tries and make people happy".
On the back of his "Rookie of the Year" award winning season, and a good showing in the
annual City vs Country match, Hayne was selected on the wing for New South Wales in
game I of the 2007 State of Origin series. Hayne's representative career got off to an excellent
start as he scored a magnificent solo try right on half-time from a Brent Tate kick. Despite
this, Hayne threw a panicked pass that he thought to be a 40/20 which was intercepted by
Darren Lockyer and led to an opposition try. The selectors however, kept their faith in Hayne
and were rewarded when he returned a solid showing in game II, and scored a vital try in the
third. Due to his prolific performances in the Origin series, Hayne was awarded the Brad
Fittler Medal for NSW player of the series[7]
and ultimately rewarded later in the year with
the inclusion the Australian Test Squad in 2007. He debuted on the wing for Australia,
scoring a solo try in Australia's record 58–0 defeat of New Zealand.
2008[edit]
In August 2008, Hayne was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008
Rugby League World Cup.[8][9]
Hayne was also named in the Prime Minister's XIII, scoring 2
tries against Papua New Guinea.[10]

4. Despite playing for Australia the previous year, Hayne was named in the Fiji squad for the
2008 Rugby League World Cup. During the Rugby League World Cup while playing for Fiji
Hayne played an incredibly exciting brand of football at fullback, scoring 2 tries in the first
clash against France. Hayne had an average of 4 linebreaks a game in his World Cup games
for Fiji.[citation needed]
Parramatta announced Hayne had signed with the club for a $2M extension.
On 15 September, he was officially announced as Rugby League's fastest man, after
becoming the highest placed league player in the Gatorade Bolt, although other noted league
speedsters such as David Mead, Michael Jennings, Brett Stewart and Kevin Gordon did not
participate.
2009: Dally M medal winning year[edit]
At the start of the 2009 NRL season, Hayne played at five-eighth with very limited success.
Hayne was moved back to his preferred position of fullback just before the round 8 clash with
the North Queensland Cowboys. His return to form at fullback prompted Dean Ritchie of
Daily Telegraph to call Jarryd Hayne "the most gifted Parramatta player since the great Brett
Kenny."[11]
Hayne's performances for Parramatta stepped up to another level as the 2009 season
progressed. His influence on the game from fullback was lauded by many pundits as the Eels
made a late season surge. From Round 19 to Round 24, he won six consecutive Man of the
Match awards. He was described as "the best player in any code of football in Australia" by
Phil Gould.[12]
Hayne has won the Dally M Medals for Player of the Year and Fullback of the Year
respectively. He became one of the youngest winners of the prestigious award and only the
second fullback in history to be crowned Dally M Player of the Year.
Hayne was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.[13]
Hayne's performances for NSW during the 2009 series in a losing side were spectacular. In
game one he was denied a controversial try by the video referee who ruled that Hayne
touched the sideline with his boot,[14]
while saving NSW both in attack and defence with
several important plays. In game 2 he carried NSW with a series of brilliant plays including a
90 metre "12 pointer" intercept and another try from dummy half.[15]
Former Queensland
players acknowledged that Hayne would be the only NSW player to make the QLD side.[16]
He later credited his remarkable form to discipline learned during his time with Fiji in the
2008 World Cup.[17]
Hayne escaped a grade two charge after coming into contact with the head of Bryson
Goodwin, sliding in with his knees to stop Goodwin in the act of scoring a try during the
Preliminary Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Hayne pleaded guilty to a
grade one charge, however a grade two charge would have resulted in Hayne missing the
2009 NRL Grand Final.[18]
Hayne ran 4,429 metres with the ball in 2009, more than any other
player in the competition.[19]
At the start of November 2009 while on tour with the
Kangaroos, Hayne was left out as one of the six nominees for the Golden Boot Award (Best
Rugby League Player in the World) despite him being the year's Dally M Medal winner,

5. Dally M fullback of the year, NSW State of Origin player of the series, International
Federation player of the year, Parramatta player of the season and Rugby League Week player
of the year in 2009. That award went to Melbourne Storm Greg Inglis.[20]
He was named the Fiji Bati player of the year for 2009.[21]
Jarryd Hayne's performance for the Parramatta Eels in the 2009 grand final against the
Melbourne Storm was largely viewed in Australian and New Zealand media as disappointing.
Journalist Josh Massoud, writing for The Daily Telegraph wrote, "For reasons only known to
the God he recently discovered, Eels superstar Hayne failed to contest the ball." Prior to the
game the media focused much on Hayne's match-up with the incumbent Australian,
Queensland and Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater which was touted as "one of the most
anticipated individual match-ups in Grand Final history". Phil Gould said " Hayne was just
shut out of the game, his performance wasn't actually that bad". It is generally perceived that
Slater outplayed Hayne in the grand final, with the Storm fullback named as the Clive
Churchill medallist.
2010-2012[edit]
For the 2010 ANZAC Test, Hayne was selected to play for Australia on the wing in their
victory against New Zealand. In 2010, Hayne was named and played for the NSW Blues in
all three losing matches in the 2010 State of Origin series against the Queensland Maroons.
In 2011, Hayne was controversially not named in the NSW Blues side for Game 1, which
they lost. However, he returned to the side in Game Two, helping them win 18 - 8. He also
played in the deciding Game 3, this time in the centres. To the surprise of many, Hayne's long
kicking ability was utilised by the Blues, in an effort to stop the ensuing Queensland attack.
Despite losing, Hayne made two line breaks, and scored one try. He also had the second
highest run metres for NSW (156m) behind Paul Gallen (160m). He is likely to have played
on the wing for Australia following the 2011 season, but was not selected due to injury.
Hayne was selected to play on the wing for New South Wales in all three games of the 2012
State of Origin series which was again won by Queensland
2013: Parramatta captaincy[edit]
Being named as co-captain of Parramatta in 2013, Hayne has had an impressive season,
particularly with regards to his goal line defence. This earned him a call up for New South
Wales in the first game of the 2013 Origin Series at his preferred position of fullback after
incumbent Brett Stewart was injured.