09-24-2015, 09:37 PM
(09-24-2015, 08:11 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: I'm presently listening to the Bengals Thursday night show and one of the announcers brought up an interseting factoid: for the first two weeks of the season, the fifth best selling jersey - according to the NFL - belongs to Mr. Hayne. On the strength of many an online purchase from Australia, apparently. So, your countrymen have certainly taken notice of him as you suggested.
Most definately, there are articles about him every day in the newspapers. They have also started to report more on the NFL in general. Really the only time the NFL was heavily reported before was during the superbowl. In relationship to his jersey the 49ers knew they had a good market as they released his jersey for sale before he even made the 53 man roster.
Hayne going to the NFL is huge news in Australia. It would be like peyton Manning leaving the NFL and coming to Australia and making a Rugby League team and playing in his 1st game. There is no one bigger in Rugby League than Jarryd Hayne.
