Hayne had house downpayment early

Jarryd Hayne, it can be revealed, didn't wait until he kicked the winning field goal against Wests Tigers on Saturday to boast "this is my house". Opposition captain Aaron Woods says he was taunting the joint-venture players with it all afternoon. "I kept having a talk at him, saying it wasn't NFL, you gotta catch the ball not knock it down," Woods told Triple M. "Me and Mitchell Moses were into him during the game. He kept saying 'this is my house'. It got into the back of my head." Hayne was raised in humble circumstances at nearby Minto and told reporters he had never played at what used to be Orana Park until the weekend. Woods commented: "I thought he was a Parramatta boy but it seems he's 'C' Town too. I didn't see him for 79 minutes but I saw him when it counted."

Brits stand down

English delegates will abstain from assessing and deciding upon their own country's bid for the 2021 World Cup. Following last week's Discord column regarding the United States' bid to host the tournament, RLIF chairman Nigel Wood texted saying: "All RLIF directors whose countries have lodged bids are excluded from evaluating or participating in making the decision." Jason Moore, the man behind the bid, therefore needs to lobby representatives of New Zealand, Samoa, France, Australia and the Cook Islands to get the nod. A social media campaign in favour of the US, using the hashtag #theresnogoingback has been launched.