Jason Taylor (rugby league)

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Jason Taylor
Taylor in 2007
Personal information
Nickname	JT, Ferris
Born	2 February 1971 (1971-02-02) (age 38)
Playing information
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Position	Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1990–1993	Western Suburbs Magpies	86	6	225	12	486
1994–1999	North Sydney Bears	147	32	563	20	1274
2000	Northern Eagles	17	1	38	2	82
2001	Parramatta Eels	26	8	116	1	265
	Total	276	47	942	35	2107
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1993	New South Wales	2	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2006	Parramatta Eels	16	10	0	6	63
2007–	South Sydney	25	16	0	9	64
	Total	41	26	0	15	63
Source: RLP, NRL Stats Archive

Jason Taylor (born 2 February 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and current coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the NRL. He set a number of point-scoring and appearance records in the National Rugby League during an eleven year career with the Western Suburbs Magpies, North Sydney Bears, Northern Eagles and Parramatta Eels.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Records 3 Coaching career 4 References

[edit] Playing career

Taylor played 276 games with 4 clubs: Wests from 1990 to 1993, Norths, 1994-1999, and the ill fated Northern Eagles in 2000, and Parramatta in 2001.

Predominantly a halfback, he also represented New South Wales in State of Origin in 1993.

[edit] Records

He retired with the record for most career points in the National Rugby League and its predecessors. He scored 2,107 first grade career points, a mark later surpassed by Andrew Johns in July 2006.

He holds the standing record for most first grade career goals - 942 and was the National Rugby League's top pointscorer in seasons 1996 and 1997. He was awarded the Rothmans Medal in 1996.

Between 1992 and 2000 (and across three clubs) he played 194 games in succession, also a standing record, 20 games clear of Hazem El Masri's 174.

[edit] Coaching career

Previously the Assistant-Coach at the Parramatta Eels, he was appointed as Coach in May 2006 for the remainder of the 2006 season after Brian Smith left the club following the announcement of his sacking for season 2007.

It was already planned that from 2007 Taylor was to join the South Sydney Rabbitohs as an Assistant Coach. In August 2006 it was announced he would replace Shaun McRae as Head Coach of the struggling South Sydney club.^[1] In his first year at Souths he took them to a top eight finish qualifying them for the Finals. It was the first time since 1989 that Souths reached the finals.

Preceded by Brian Smith 1997-2006	Coach Parramatta Eels 2006	Succeeded by Michael Hagan 2007-2008
Preceded by Shaun McRae 2005-2006	Coach South Sydney Rabbitohs 2007-	Succeeded by Incumbent

[edit] References

1. ^ Why Taylor got the top job at Souths - League - Sport - smh.com.au

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v • d • e Rothmans Medallists 1968 Terry Hughes • 1969 Denis Pittard • 1970 Kevin Junee • 1971 Denis Pittard • 1972 Tommy Raudonikis • 1973 Ken Maddison • 1974 Graham Eadie • 1975 Steve Rogers • 1976 Ray Higgs • 1977 Mick Cronin • 1978 Mick Cronin • 1979 Ray Price • 1980 Geoff Bugden • 1981 Kevin Hastings • 1982 Greg Brentnall • 1983 Mike Eden • 1984 Terry Lamb • 1985 Wayne Pearce • 1986 Mal Cochrane • 1987 Peter Sterling • 1988 Barry Russell • 1989 Gavin Miller & Mark Sargent • 1990 Peter Sterling • 1991 Ewan McGrady • 1992 Allan Langer • 1993 Ricky Stuart • 1994 David Fairleigh • 1995 Paul Green • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Brad Fittler

v • d • e National Rugby League season top points scorers 1908 Horrie Miller • 1909 Arthur Conlin • 1910 Dally Messenger • 1911 Dally Messenger • 1912 Dally Messenger • 1913 Harold Horder • 1914 Harold Horder • 1915 Wally Messenger • 1916 Charles Fraser • 1917 Charles Fraser • 1918 Harold Horder • 1919 A McPherson • 1920 Frank Burge • 1921 Rex Norman • 1922 Harold Horder • 1923 Arthur Oxford • 1924 Jack Courtney • 1925 Benny Wearing • 1926 Jack Courtney • 1927 Alf Blair • 1928 Benny Wearing • 1929 Jim Craig • 1930 Jim Craig • 1931 Jack Lynch • 1932 Les Mead • 1933 Syd Christensen • 1934 Dave Brown • 1935 Dave Brown • 1936 Syd Christensen • 1937 Jack Beaton • 1938 Tom Kirk • 1939 Neville Smith • 1940 Tom Kirk • 1941 Neville Smith • 1942 Ray Lindwall • 1943 Tom Kirk • 1944 Tom Kirk • 1945 Dick Dunn • 1946 Tom Kirk • 1947 Pat Devery • 1948 Jack Lindwall • 1949 Bill Keato • 1950 Bill Keato • 1951 Ron Rowles • 1952 Ron Rowles • 1953 Ron Rowles • 1954 Ron Rowles • 1955 Doug Fleming • 1956 Doug Fleming • 1957 Darcy Russell • 1958 Harry Bath • 1959 Darcy Russell • 1960 Brian Graham • 1961 Bob Landers • 1962 Don Parish • 1963 Fred Griffiths • 1964 Fred Griffiths • 1965 Fred Griffiths • 1966 Bob Lanigan • 1967 Eric Simms • 1968 Eric Simms • 1969 Eric Simms • 1970 Eric Simms • 1971 Graeme Langlands • 1972 Allan McKean • 1973 Graeme Langlands • 1974 Graham Eadie • 1975 Graham Eadie • 1976 Graham Eadie • 1977 Michael Cronin • 1978 Michael Cronin • 1979 Michael Cronin • 1980 Steve Gearin • 1981 Steve Rogers • 1982 Michael Cronin • 1983 Michael Eden • 1984 Steve Gearin • 1985 Michael Cronin • 1986 Terry Lamb • 1987 Ross Conlon • 1988 Gary Belcher • 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford • 1990 Mal Meninga • 1991 Daryl Halligan • 1992 Daryl Halligan • 1993 Daryl Halligan • 1994 Daryl Halligan • 1995 Matthew Ridge • 1996 Jason Taylor • 1997 Jason Taylor & Ryan Girdler • 1998 Ivan Cleary • 1999 Matt Geyer • 2000 Joel Caine • 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker • 2002 Hazem El Masri • 2003 Hazem El Masri • 2004 Hazem El Masri • 2005 Brett Hodgson • 2006 Hazem El Masri • 2007 Hazem El Masri • 2008 Luke Covell

v • d • e Rugby league footballers with 2,000 NRL points Hazem El Masri • Daryl Halligan • Andrew Johns • Jason Taylor Current players are listed in italics.