Two-time Dally M Medal winner and former Eels Grand Finalist Jarryd Hayne will return to rugby league for the first time in seven years for Wentworthville Magpies in the Ron Massey Cup.
Code Sports reported Hayne’s comeback to rugby league is official with the former Blues and Kangaroos star set to turn out for the Wentworthville Magpies against the Bulldogs at Ringrose Park at 2pm on Sunday.
“A massive IN for the Mighty Magpies,” the club announced via their social media channels on Tuesday night.
“We hope to see you down there to support the boys in Jarryd’s official return to the game.”
Hayne has been listed at five-eighth, where he played for Fiji at the 2017 World Cup.
The 37-year-old tried to start the season with the now fifth-placed Magpies, but has been hampered by a hamstring injury.
Hayne has been training two to three nights a week with his Ron Massey teammates.
The Ron Massey Cup is a semi-professional rugby league competition – the second-tier competition for NSWRL seniors – with clubs and players feeding into the NSW Cup.
Hayne spent nearly two years in jail due to sexual assault charges, but the former Parramatta Eels fullback was released in June last year after his convictions were quashed by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.
He played his last NRL game in 2018, taking to the field for 15 matches in his second stint with the Eels.
Hayne scored 121 tries in 214 games for the Eels and Titans, 11 tries in 23 games for the Blues and 14 tries in 14 Tests for Australia and Fiji. He also made a remarkable switch to the NFL during the peak of his career where he played for the San Francisco 49ers.
