JARRYD Hayne’s retirement from the San Francisco 49ers is one of the biggest stories in the southern hemisphere at the moment.
The NRL, NFL, Rugby Seven’s convert is one of the hottest sporting talents in the world and the possibility of his services being available to the highest bidder is exciting sports boardrooms and fat-cat’s all across Australia.
It seems as though sportsman all over the world these days are switching codes for bigger coin. Michael Jordan started this idiotic craze when he threw in basketball for failed careers in the MLB and golf.
Since then the likes of Karmichael Hunt (NRL, AFL, Super Rugby) and Israel Folau (NRL, AFL and Super Rugby too) have spread their wings and attempted to collect as many different sports as possible. After playing NRL, NFL and now Rugby, the next logical step for Hayne is the AFL….
Jarryd Hayne’s sporting musical chairs continues
Jarryd Hayne gave every Sydney-based NRL CEO a hard-on this week by announcing his retirement from the NFL, effective immediately.
Instead of chasing the pig skin while sporting a helmet, Hayne has declared he wants to win an Olympic medal by playing Rugby Seven’s for Fiji. Which is puzzling considering he has played Rugby League for Australia.
They say Jarryd Hayne is the most talented athlete God has ever breathed life into and if he can magically change his nationality with a simple wiggle of his nose, then I have to agree: he is pretty good.
Hayne’s retirement from the NFL, despite his new “life long dream” of playing Rugby Seven’s for Fiji, has excited countless NRL pundits and begun a string of endless squabbling among clubs. The Roosters, Eels, Knights, Dragons, Tigers, Titans and Storm are all reported to be flirting with the idea of recruiting Hayne.
But let’s be honest. The possibility of the Eels landing the Hayne Plane is hilarious considering Dr Seus has been writing their salary cap recently. The Tigers stand a snow flake’s chance in hell of fitting Hayne under their cap too because Robbie Farah is rumoured to be earning more money than Mark Zuckerberg. The Roosters have recently pulled out of the race for Hayne, leaving the Knights, Dragons, Storm and Titans left to duke it out over Haynesy.
It all might come to nought in the end anyway. The way Hayne has changes his mind back and forth on which sport he actually wants to play there may be some truth in the whispers that he is considering gender re-assignment surgery so he can represent Sweden in the women’s national lacrosse team.
SportsBet.com.au has Fiji as favorites to take out the Olympic Gold in the Rugby Seven’s on odds of $3.25. They are ahead of New Zealand ($3.50), South Africa ($3.50) and Australia ($11).
Cross-code promotion in the wind?
Social media lit up like a nuclear Christmas tree this week when footage of a MLB game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays went viral. The reason for the clip’s popularity is because Texas’ second base man, Rougned Odor belted Blue Jays’ right fielder Jose Bautista, for illegally stealing a base.
Punters around the world were amazed with Rougned’s striking prowess with many suggesting he wouldn’t look out of place in the UFC.
Rougned received an eight match suspension, a $5,000 fine, a beer named after him, a string of hilarious shirts and free Texan BBQ for life for throwing the crushing punch.
With such brutal striking ability at his disposal I wouldn’t be surprised if Conor McGregor called out Rougned in an effort to back-up his as-yet-uncomfirmed “uber-fight” with Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
WilliamHill.com.au has the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays evenly pegged at $15 to take out the 2016 MLB World Series.
Tom Jonas takes a leaf out of Odor’s book?
Tom Jonas of the AFL side, Port Adelaide Power must have been excited by the social media frenzy over Rougned Odor’s punch that he decided to create an outlandish unsporting act of his own.
During Port’s 13.8.86 loss to the West Coast Eagles (14.10.94) Jonas came in with the worst attempted spoil on Andrew Gaff that AFL has seen in recent history. In doing so Jonas hit Gaff in the back of the head, late with a flying elbow. Gaff was out like a light before he even hit the ground and the his Eagles team mates descended on Jonas, attempting to lynch him on the field.
Jonas’ flying elbow will see him taking a long break from the AFL with some people already expecting him to get between four to eight weeks for his Street Fighter II style move.
Port Adelaide are set to meet the Melbourne Demons next week. CrownBet.com.au has Port as slight outsiders at $2 against the Demons $1.78.
