Hayne would return to NFL if it had minor league

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Rugby star Jarryd Hayne told a newspaper in New Zealand that he’d return to the NFL if the league had a minor league system.

Hayne, who announced his retirement from the NFL in May, said he left the league because he couldn’t get on the field enough to improve as a player.

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Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has officially closed the door on any chance of Jarryd Hayne playing in Super Rugby next year.

“I need to be getting game time and you just can’t get that over there [in the NFL] because of the way it works,” Hayne told the New Zealand Herald.

“The offense is only on for a certain amount of time and then there’s five other running backs,” he said. “If there was a second division team …

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