Here's a closer look at the scandals that have rocked the NRL 2018-19 pre-season.

The scandals that have rocked the NRL pre-season

Jarryd Hayne has attended one of Eastwood Rugby Club’s training session, where “he did a bit of fitness”.

Currently without an NRL contract and fighting sexual assault charges both in Australia and the US, Hayne set tongues wagging when he was seen running around with the ‘Woodies’.

The Daily Telegraph spoke with the club’s head coach Ben Batger, who denied the six-time Shute Shield premiers were looking at signing the 30-year-old.

“Jarryd’s mates with one of the boys, he just came and did some training with us,” Batger said.

“There’s nothing there. He did a bit of fitness with us and had a run around. Look, we’ve got a settled squad and there’s no thoughts of him playing.

“He’s got plenty on his plate anyway. It would be very, very unlikely that he lines up for Eastwood this year.”

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Hayne’s career is in limbo, with NRL clubs steering clear while he faces criminal charges.

The English Super League and Rugby Australia are also understood to have ruled out throwing the two-time Dally M Medallist a lifeline.

Hayne’s legal team is due back in court on April 3 as they continue to fight his aggravated sexual assault charge. He intends to plead not guilty.

It’s alleged the one-time NFL player had sex with a 26-year-old woman without her consent in the Hunter Valley region on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final.

Hayne is also at the centre of a civil lawsuit in the US over an allegation of “rape”, while he was playing for the San Francisco 49ers in 2015.