THE Hayne Plane could be looking for a new hanger in 2019 but it might not be in Australia

Jarryd Hayne has been waiting for a new contract with the Parramatta Eels but with just days before the start of pre-season training, the two-time Dally M winner doesn’t have a contract at this point.

The Daily Telegraph reported Hayne could follow former Eels winger Semi Radradra in French rugby union with several club reportedly interested in the 30-year-old.

Moving to rugby union could make Hayne eligible for the Fijian national team for next years’ rugby union World Cup.

The New Zealand Herald also reported Hayne would be unlikely to make any of the New Zealand Super Rugby squads, with all five to be announced on Wednesday.

The Herald reported there is definitely no place for him at the Blues and the 30-year-old is unlikely to find a home at the Chiefs, Hurricanes, Crusaders or Highlanders either.

The Eels insisted on Sunday they still hoped to retain Hayne, but he believed it was unlikely they could fit him in under their salary cap.

“I’ve obviously waited a while to get something on paper but I think the long story short is Parra just can’t,” Hayne told AAP.

“They’ve already done their roster. It was done before I actually got there (from the Gold Coast at the start of 2018).

“You hear speculation that some of those players might be leaving and what not. I think that’s what they’re waiting for.

“But no one has left yet and pre-season starts in a couple of days so it’s not looking good.”

Asked if he had any other plans coming up if Parramatta don’t come up with an offer, Hayne said it could be anywhere.

“I’m going to have to (look around) because I don’t have a job. In four days my contract is over,” he said.

“It’s a bit of a lottery (where I will be in 2019).

“I’m on the market looking for a job. I’ve got to pay the bills.

“It’s just one of them things. They thought someone might have left by now and no one has. It’s no hard feelings, I love all the boys at Parra. I understand where the club is coming from too.

“They want to keep me and have obviously been adamant about that but the reality is they can’t. There’s just no room. As sad as it is it’s just reality.

“I was lucky enough to get there last year and have a year there.”

Hayne sensationally left the Eels at the end of the 2014 season to join the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL.

After playing 2015 in the US, Hayne left to try to make the Fijian Rugby Sevens team ahead of the 2016 Olympics but missed out on final selection in the side.

He then returned to the NRL, playing with the Gold Coast Titans before re-signing with Parramatta for the 2018 season.

Asked if he would consider testing himself in a different sport as he has previously with NFL and Rugby Sevens, Hayne said: “I think I’m open to anything so I’ll just have to wait and see.”

It’s understood the Eels are still attempting to manage their cap for next season, but chief executive Bernie Gurr insisted to AAP they hadn’t given up hope on Hayne running out in the blue and gold.

“We’re working on it. We’re hoping that we can get something done in the next couple of weeks,” Gurr said.

“We still want him here.”

After a slow start to the year, Hayne was one of the Eels’ best in the back half of 2018, busting 32 tackles and scoring six tries in the last six games of the season.

— with AAP

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