Rugby league star Jarryd Hayne has lodged a strident defence against US rape allegations, arguing that the woman who made the claim gave "implied consent" by following him out of a bar and ordering an Uber to his apartment, where the pair had "sexual interactions" but no intercourse.

The woman, known only as Ms V, launched a civil lawsuit in December alleging she was raped by Hayne after meeting him in a bar in San Jose, California.

The alleged assault happened in December 2015 when Hayne was playing for the San Francisco 49ers in the American National Football League.

Ms V said she was extremely intoxicated and didn't remember travelling to Hayne's apartment in an Uber or much of what happened inside. However, she was a virgin at the time and, since the incident, has suffered ongoing vaginal pain.