Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Jarryd Hayne, a former Australian National Rugby League star who briefly played for the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL, was convicted of raping a woman in her home north of Sydney in 2018 on Tuesday.
It was the third trial Hayne faced in the case. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Fiji's Jarryd Hayne runs the ball during the Rugby League World Cup semifinal match against the Kangaroos at Suncorp Stadium on Nov.
24, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) Hayne’s first trial ended with a hung jury in December 2020 and, in 2021, he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison when he was convicted of the charges then.
However, a three-judge panel in New South Wales state Court of Criminal Appeal last year upheld some grounds of Hayne’s appeal and he was granted bail and ordered to stand trial for a third time.