Jarryd Hayne

Jarryd Hayne was born on the 15^th of February 1988. He began playing football at the young age of six throughout junior football he played for the clubs Campbelltown City, East Campbelltown and Cabramatta. He attended both Leumeah and west fields sports high school. Hayne has always been well known for his sporting achievements when he was in high school he won the 100m hurdles in the school boy nationals without even training.

Hayne made his debut in the nrl with the Parramatta eels on the 19^th of May 2011 against the Penrith panthers. Jarryd quickly made an impression in the nrl scoring 17 trues in the 16 games of his debut season, this tally included his personal best of 4 tries in one game against Newcastle knights in a 46 – 12 win to Parramatta. 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. He was also named the 2006 Parramatta Eels season's rookie of the year.

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. He was also named the 2006 Parramatta Eels season's rookie of the year. In August 2008, Hayne was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Hayne was also named in the Prime Minister's XIII, scoring 2 tries against Papua New Guinea. 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 line breaks a game in his World Cup games for Fiji. 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.

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.”


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 Men of the Match awards. He was described as "the best player in any code of football in Australia"

Bring back the biff? Hayne bashing Slater. Cool or not cool? Maybe it's good!

To this day Hayne is still playing representative football and is still playing for the Parramatta eels. This year Jarryd and is fellow NSW player were the first 2 players to share the brad fitler medal following the blues triumph series win over QLD

 

- Story by Luke Steley