Jason Cayless

Jason Cayless

Cayless playing for St Helens in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Jason Paul Cayless
Born	(1980-01-15) 15 January 1980 (age 37) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2000–02 Parramatta Eels 24 0 0 0 0 2002–05 Sydney Roosters 83 4 0 0 16 2006–09 St. Helens 71 7 0 0 28 2010 Wests Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 Total 181 11 0 0 44 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2001 City Origin 1 0 0 0 0 2002–06 New Zealand 10 0 0 0 0
Source: League Central RLP

Jason Paul Cayless (born 15 January 1980) of Maori descent is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative prop forward, he is the younger brother of Parramatta Eels great, Nathan Cayless. He played his club football for the Sydney Roosters, with whom he won the 2002 Telstra Premiership, the Parramatta Eels, and St. Helens, with whom he won the 2006 Challenge Cup and 2006 Super League Grand Final, before finishing his career with the Wests Tigers.

Cayless started his career in the National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels alongside his older brother, Nathan Cayless, who had already been with the club for three years. In 2001 he made his representative debut for New South Wales Country Origin. The following year Cayless moved to the Sydney Roosters and played for them at prop forward in their 2002 NRL Grand Final win over the New Zealand Warriors. Having won the 2002 NRL Premiership, the Roosters traveled to England to play the 2003 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, St. Helens. Cayless played at prop forward in Sydney's victory. He made his international debut for New Zealand in 2002 and went on to play in ten Test matches for his country. He played at prop for the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 NRL grand final which was lost to the Penrith Panthers.