Jason has played for the last 14 seasons in the National Rugby League competition with both the Cronulla Sharks and the St George Dragons, in a game which is second to none when it comes to mental and physical toughness.
He has also represented NSW and Australia on numerous occasions, and received in 2000 an Australian Sportsman's Medal for his accomplishments on the field; however it's his work off the paddock that has contributed to him being described by Australia's number one newspaper as "the changing face of rugby league".
Club games - 231
St. George: 1991-96
Cronulla Sharks: 1997-2005
Representative Career
16 games for Australia
8 State of Origin
After achieving a UAI of 96.85, Jason went to UNSW and completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He the began work for Ernst and Young before going full time with Rugby League.
Jason has had steady work in the TV industry since 1999 when he regularly appeared on ABC's "The Fat" hosted by Tony Squires. The show then moved to Channel Seven on prime time viewing, where Jason was not only a weekly panellist but hosted a weekly segment called "On the Hunt" where Jason would track down former celebrities to see what they were up to. He also performed celebrity interviews with "The Rock" before he began work on Channel Nines "The Footy Show" as MR Entertainment in which he interviewed international celebrities like Carmen Electra, Nicole Kidman, Slash from Guns and Roses, The Village People and more.
Jason has also worked on radio with Vega FM for a year for the "Arvo shift" which included his own Valentine's Day segment. The following year he became runner up in Triple m's celebrity challenge in which he hosted 6 live 1 hour shows.
In 2006 Jason hosted and scripted “Disposable Ones”, a documentary which featured in nationally in Hoyts cinemas during their Faith on Film festival.
In 2009, I facilitated the distribution of a Rockumentary “Call and Response” featuring Ashley Judd, Natasha Bedingfield with Hoyts cinema and MTV Australia.
Jason was also regularly seen on Fox Sports from 2006 to 2008, as well as being a regular guest on numerous shows like 20 to One, Sunrise, Today show and many more because of his ability to speak passionately about his values, whilst at the same time, be willing to laugh at himself.
Jason has written two books; Worth Wait which became a best seller, and Stand Tall. Both books were launched on CH 7’s Sunrise.
In 2009 Jason started writing for the Sun Herald and had his first news article published on pg 5.
As a motivational speaker, Jason has worked for companies like Toyota, Phillips, Sanity Music, Natuzzi Furniture, the Prime Ministers breakfast and many more. His highly anticipated marriage in 2010 was filmed by Ch 7’ s Sunday Night Program and covered by New Idea, the response leading to another guest appearance on Sunrise.
Jason was also an ambassador for Telstra for 2 years, as well as being a regular Australia day Ambassador.
Jason has also taken short courses at the Sydney writers centre, as well as one with Allan Palmer from Cracking Yards. In terms of acting, he has completed the Nida short course for screen acting as well as 3 courses with On- camera connections. In 2009 he had a cameo role in an Australia sci-fi flick called Vanguard.