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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n No gift articles left<\/p>\n You’ve used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month.<\/p>\n Close<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Former Manly hooker Manase Fainu says he helped foil a plot to have Jarryd Hayne stabbed while the former NRL stars served time in a Sydney prison.<\/p>\n Fainu was released on parole on Friday<\/a> after being jailed for the stabbing of a Mormon youth leader at a church dance in Sydney\u2019s south-west in 2019. The former Manly hooker has not played in the NRL since he made a semi-final appearance for the Sea Eagles in 2019.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old served his eight-year sentence at several facilities including the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre in Berkshire Park, south of Windsor. It was here that he crossed paths with Hayne, the former Parramatta Eels fullback who was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault stemming from an incident in Newcastle in 2018.<\/p>\n After a series of trials and appeals, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Hayne\u2019s convictions<\/a> in June 2024. The DPP ultimately decided not to pursue a fourth trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fainu said there were rumblings among the inmates of a plan to knife Hayne upon his arrival at the Geoffrey Pearce facility in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cWe looked after him at Windsor,\u201d Fainu said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe found out a day before that he was coming into the jail. There were talks already, the Aussie boys were saying, \u2018When he comes in, we\u2019re going to blade him 1-2-3\u2019. So there were boys already planning it up.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s an islander, and islanders stick together in jail. So two other boys \u2026 said \u2018We\u2019re going to back him, he\u2019s an islander. He\u2019s still fighting his charges … When he comes in, we\u2019ll sit him down and ask if he did it or not\u2019. So when he landed, we told the boys, \u2018If anything kicks off with Haynesy, you\u2019re going to kick off with the other islanders\u2019, and there were a few of us at Windsor at that time.<\/p>\n \u201cSo Haynesy came through and we sat him down and asked, \u2018Did you do it or not? Just tell us the honest truth\u2019. And he said, \u2018No, I didn\u2019t do it\u2019. So we just took his word for it. We backed him \u2026 the charges [subsequently] got dropped.<\/p>\n \u201cThe islanders looked after him. As soon as they got the word across, all the [other] boys backed off.\u201d<\/p>\n Corrective Services NSW was contacted for comment.<\/p>\n Hayne expressed his gratitude to Fainu for looking out for him while behind bars.<\/p>\n \u201cGiven my profile and charges, I knew I would receive unwanted attention while I was in jail,\u201d Hayne said in a statement.<\/p>\n![\"Manase](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/80cf9c39953fb3201da762be2613c7ca7545f0cb.jpeg\")
Manase Fainu.Audrey Richardson<\/p>\n![\"Jarryd](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4653984d8fd0278413614b95e146f90f8c3f2bee.jpeg\")
Jarryd Hayne in 2023.Brook Mitchell<\/p>\n
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