Jason Taylor (rugby league)

Jason "JT" Taylor

Taylor in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Jason Dean Taylor
Born	(1971-02-02) 2 February 1971 (age 53) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	72 kg (11 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1990–93 Western Suburbs 86 6 225 12 486 1994–99 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 3 0 0 0 0 1993–95 NSW City 3 0 3 1 7
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2006 Parramatta Eels 16 10 0 6 63 2007–09 South Sydney 73 31 1 41 42 2015–17 Wests Tigers 51 20 0 31 39 Total 140 61 1 78 44
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Jason Taylor (born 2 February 1971) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a halfback in the 1990s and 2000s.

He was the assistant coach of the Sydney Roosters in 2018 when the club won the premiership that year. He was also previously the head coach of the Parramatta Eels, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). A New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking halfback of the 1990s and early 2000s, Taylor set a number of point-scoring and appearance records in the NRL during a twelve-year career with the Western Suburbs Magpies, North Sydney Bears, Northern Eagles and Parramatta Eels.