He devoted his whole life to athletic training and performance, but will likely never play, coach nor commentate for the game again. Turnbull also acknowledged that Hayne had lost more than his liberty. “The absence of his father and presence of any male figure has meant he places a great store in fatherhood,” said Turnbull, who acknowledged the distress Hayne, a hands-on father, felt at being separated from his children while in jail, even if it was due to his own crime. He bore a heavy responsibility as a kid, the court heard he helped raise his sisters, changing nappies, filling bottles, walking them to school. Over the years, Hayne has struggled with alcohol. At one point, his grandfather threw him out. That was a volatile, on and off relationship. His mother re-partnered with an alcoholic. “He’s had very limited contact with his father,” who apparently seemed to show up again “when the offender became a notorious footballer”, said Turnbull. His parents separated when he was a few months old. On Friday, however, the court heard the details of a childhood that was far from blessed. Jarryd Hayne took a chance mere mortals may have thought twice about.
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