NRL: Hayne inks new deal with Eels

Jarryd Hayne has signed a new four-year deal with the Parramatta Eels. Photo / Getty Images

SYDNEY - Parramatta's Jarryd Hayne has finalised a new four-year deal with the NRL club.

The 21-year-old will sign the contract this evening at a shopping centre appearance at Rouse Hill in Sydney's west.

The hottest property in rugby league, Hayne's contract negotiations have dragged on for several months during which speculation mounted he was being targeted by the AFL's new western Sydney franchise.

Hayne was off-contract with the Eels in 2011 but the new deal, reportedly worth A$500,000 ($639,900) a year plus third party deals, will tie him to Parramatta until the end of 2014.

- AAP