Jason Taylor (rugby league)
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jason Taylor | |
| Date of birth | 2 February 1971 | |
| Height | 173 cm | |
| Weight | 77 kg | |
| Nickname(s) | JT | |
| School(s) | St Gregory's Campbelltown | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Coach | |
| Current club | South Sydney Rabbitohs | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Ashcroft | ||
| Youth representative teams | ||
| 1989 |  Australian Schoolboys |
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| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1990–1993 1994–1999 2000 2001 1990–2001 |
 Western Suburbs North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles Parramatta Eels |
86 (486) 147 (1274) 17 (82) 26 (265) 276 (2107) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1993 |  New South Wales |
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| Professional clubs coached | ||
| 2006 2007– |
Parramatta Eels South Sydney Rabbitohs |
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Jason Taylor (born 2 February 1971) is a former professional rugby league player and current coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He set a number of mammoth point-scoring and appearance records in the National Rugby League during an eleven club career with the Western Suburbs Magpies, North Sydney Bears, Northern Eagles and Parramatta Eels.
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[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 held the record for most career points in the National Rugby League and its predecessors from his retirement in 2001 until 2006. He scored 2,107 first grade career points, a mark 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 reaced the finals.
| Preceded by Brian Smith 1997-2006 |
Coach Parramatta Eels 2006 |
Succeeded by Michael Hagan 2007- |
| Preceded by Shaun McRae 2005-2006 |
Coach South Sydney Rabbitohs 2007- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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