NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne has been caught in an embarrassing pornography gaffe while presenting an online safety talk at a Gold Coast high school.
Hayne's online browsing history was being shown on a screen at the school, featuring mostly sports images, when a pornographic website was displayed on the screen to the 200-plus students at Robina State High School.
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Hayne in pornography gaffe
Pornographic images are displayed on a large screen at Robina State High School while Jarryd Hayne is involved in a talk on online safety.
In a statement issued late Monday, Norton said it was continuing to investigate the incident but could "categorically confirm that the inappropriate images were not from Jarryd's mobile phone".
"The content was traced back to a Samsung device while Jarryd was utilising an iPhone," the statement read.
"Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that any of the students from the school were involved in the incident."
Norton Security, on whose behalf Hayne was presenting the talk, earlier said the images had come from another device that had entered the network.
"It's unfortunate, and all I can say [is] it definitely was not Jarryd's device," Hayne's co-host from Norton, Nick Savvides, said.
"Connecting to open networks, people can see what you're doing and, in this case, inject unwanted materials."
School principal Julie Warwick said she was "disappointed" by the incident.
Hayne was shocked by the appearance of the images, which remained on the screen for a number of seconds and included lewd acts and a topless woman.
"It was [awkward]," he said
"I shut my phone straight away so that way I was logged off.
"Wow."
It was not believed Hayne was due to give any further talks at other schools.
The demo has been shown before at a number of talks elsewhere without Hayne, and Mr Savvides said such an issue had not arisen before.
He also said it would not be possible to ascertain whose device the website had come from.
The gaffe earned the ire of the school's principal, Ms Warwick, who said Norton assured her the pornographic mistake would not happen again in any future school presentations.
"The technology was shut down immediately and the provider's staff were quick to apologise," she said, in a statement through the Department of Education.
"The images displayed were not from any devices belonging to anyone in the room.
"I am disappointed that students were exposed to the images and the school will be offering support to any students that need it."
A department spokesman could not say how the principal knew the devices were not in the room.
The Gold Coast Titans stressed the incident "did not result from the actions of anyone associated with the Gold Coast Titans including Jarryd Hayne who was in attendance to assist with delivery of the cyber safety content".
But Titans staff and Norton were working with the school to ensure "the welfare of all students in attendance is a priority".
Staff Reporters with AAP