Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman.
The former Australia and Fiji rugby league international was found guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent at a retrial at NSW District Court in March after the original trial failed to reach a majority verdict.
Hayne faced a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail when he appeared at Newcastle District Court on Thursday.
The 33-year-old was given an aggregate term of imprisonment of five years and nine months to commence on May 6.
Hayne, who played for Parramatta Eels and Gold Coast Titans, as well as having a stint in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, will be eligible for parole in January 2025.
He had maintained in court that he was not guilty of sexually assaulting the woman at her home in 2018, while claimed he was about to sign a lucrative one-year deal to continue his NRL career before being charged by police in November 2018.
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