Jarryd Hayne left taxi waiting while he allegedly sexually assaulted woman in her bedroom

Mr Costello said Mr Hayne arrived at the woman’s home at about 9pm on September 30 – coincidentally the night of the NRL grand final – and went straight to the woman’s bedroom, where he sang along to several songs on a laptop, which she found “awkward”.

The prosecutor said Mr Hayne had arranged for a taxi to drive him to Sydney, at the cost of $550, and told the driver he had to pick up a bag from the Fletcher home. While he was inside, the driver beeped the horn and then knocked on the door.

Mr Costello said Mr Hayne went outside to speak to the driver, saying he was still waiting for his bag to be dropped off. At that time, the woman became “well and truly aware” there was a taxi waiting, and Mr Hayne had no intention of sticking around “after he’d achieved what he’d obviously come there to achieve”.

The woman then told her mother, who was also at the home, something like: “He’s only here for sex, no bloody way am I going to touch him.”

Mr Costello said when Mr Hayne came back inside, he went to the loungeroom where he saw the woman’s mother watching the grand final and shouted “go the Roosters”.

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He said Mr Hayne then went to the woman’s bedroom, pulled off the woman’s jeans in actions that were “quite forceful and rough”, and used his mouth and hand on her genitals.

“That experience was not a pleasurable one for her at all,” Mr Costello said.

The prosecutor said the woman then saw blood on the bed and on Mr Hayne’s hands and realised she was bleeding “quite a bit”. She had a shower to wash the blood off, and when she returned to her bedroom Mr Hayne was still there.

Mr Costello said the woman noticed blood on Mr Hayne’s lip, which he washed off before leaving a short time later. The woman then “began to realise the gravity” of the situation and took photos of blood in her bedroom.

He said the woman sent a number of messages to Mr Hayne in the 45 minutes after the alleged assault, including messaging him “I’m hurting so much” and “I didn’t want to do that after knowing the taxi was waiting”.

The only response she received was: “go doctor tomorrow”.

The woman was examined by a doctor in the days afterwards, however; she did not wish to make a complaint to the police. Police became involved when her brother-in-law found out what happened and contacted a sports journalist for advice.

The brother-in-law then contacted the NRL integrity unit, which appointed its own investigator and ultimately notified police. Mr Hayne was arrested and charged in November 2018.

During their investigation police intercepted a phone call between Mr Hayne and another NRL player, where he said the woman was “filthy because the cab was out the front”.

Mr Hayne said he “watched some of the grand final with her old girl” and when the woman began bleeding he said his fingernail must have nicked her.

Defence barrister Phillip Boulten, SC, said there are two sides to the story of what happened in the bedroom, and Mr Hayne will tell his side when he gives evidence next week. Mr Boulten said Mr Hayne is not guilty.

“What happened in that bedroom was entirely consensual. The complainant consented to what happened, even after she became unhappy about the taxi being present. She was quite prepared to engage in sexual activity with Jarryd Hayne,” Mr Boulten said.

“Not only was she prepared to do it, she did it … unfortunately, as you’ve heard, it didn’t go very well. During the course of the activity Mr Hayne scratched her, by the look of it, with a fingernail, and it caused bleeding.

“It was not a happy ending for either of them.”

Mr Boulten said the woman had sent naked and lingerie photos to Mr Hayne on Snapchat before they met in person, and although it was “regrettable form” for Mr Hayne to leave a taxi waiting outside the home, “they both intended to have sex”.

“It was not going to be romantic, unfortunately,” Mr Boulten said.

“[She] did not say no, she did not say stop, she did not do anything to indicate she was not consenting – in fact the exact opposite, she was enjoying what was happening. Until they saw blood.”

Mr Boulten said there is “no doubt” his client caused the bleeding, but it was an accident and he never intended to harm the woman.

The trial continues.