Jarryd Hayne lashes out online about Titans fine for lacklustre performance at training
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Gold Coast Titans star fullback Jarryd Hayne has taken to Twitter to complain about being fined for his poor approach to training.
The players in the Titans leadership issued the fine during the preseason.
Titans playmaker Ash Taylor said today the players wanted him to be more committed to the team.
"Obviously we are a team it's not about individual stuff, we're here to work as a unit and be a real competitor in the competition," Taylor said.
"That's his own individual actions and obviously he's been punished for it."
Taylor said it was unfortunate the issue was being played out in the media.
"I think that's all internal. When it gets out to media and stuff you know it just blows up like it has so that's all internal for us," he said.
"For his actions, the leadership group did come up with a consequence that's what he's had to suffer with."
Centre Dan Sarginson said he had not seen any issue with Hayne since he joined the club from England.
"I've been in [injury] rehab with him for the last three four weeks and we've all been training hard," Sarginson said.
"Me, him, Kevin Proctor we've all been training the house down and I can't see any signs of what come out in the press."
Tweeting about the fine last night, Hayne argued he had permission to miss one training session.
The former Parramatta Eels player quit the NRL in 2014 to play NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, but then quit the 49ers last year in a bid to make the Fiji rugby sevens Olympic squad.
After missing out on the Olympics, he returned to the NRL, surprising everyone by signing with the Titans over the Eels.
At the media conference confirming his signing with the Titans last August, Hayne made it clear he would have preferred to re-join Parramatta.
"Not in my wildest dreams I ever thought I would be up on the Gold Coast," he said at the time.
"It's tough, because you know, there was a few clubs that had offered and straight away. I always wanted to go back to Parra."
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