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Weekend break for jury in third Jarryd Hayne rape trial

The jury in Jarryd Hayne's third rape trial has deliberated for more than 16 hours. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Former NRL player Jarryd Hayne will need to wait until at least Monday for a verdict in his third sexual assault trial.

The NSW District Court jury retired to consider its verdict on Monday, following a two-week trial, but was still going come Friday afternoon.

Jurors were sent home for the weekend about 1pm, having deliberated for 16 hours and 37 minutes.

No notes have been sent. Jurors will resume on Monday morning.

Hayne, 35, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and is facing a third trial over the allegations.

The woman he is accused of assaulting cannot be identified for legal reasons. Her previously recorded evidence was played to the jury in closed court.

Prosecutors allege the woman conveyed she was not consenting through her words and actions after Hayne arrived at her suburban Newcastle home on the night of the 2018 NRL grand final, on September 30.

Hayne's barrister Margaret Cunneen SC told jurors the woman "was much less than honest" with police, gave inaccurate evidence and "put the boot in", accusing Hayne of sexual assault after a "disappointing" end to a meeting she had insisted on.

Hayne was a star player for the Parramatta Eels, represented NSW in State of Origin and played internationally for Australia and Fiji during his professional career.

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