The No-Way Campaign Patron -  Mr. Jason Taylor

I am extremely honoured to be the patron of The No-Way Campaign. I heard Darren's presentation by chance and was absolutely blown away by his superb message and the great work he is doing in the community. Through his own life experiences Darren is opening the eyes of our children in a way I have never seen, every teenager in Australia needs to hear Darren's message. The fight that Darren is taking up against drugs and alcohol on behalf of the kids of our nation is one that I am extremely passionate about and I look forward to offering Darren Marton and The No-Way Campaign as much support as I can, whenever and wherever it's needed.
 
Jason Taylor - Head Coach South Sydney Rabbitohs

Jason Taylor has experienced a career of many highlights and many disappointments but says he wouldn't change a thing. The tough times made the successes that much more enjoyable.

A veteran of 12 seasons, and holding a career that has included 276 first grade games across four clubs, (Western Suburbs, North Sydney, Northern Eagles and the Parramatta Eels), Jason retired at 30, after the 2001 Grand Final whilst holding the title of the highest pointscorer in the history of Rugby League.

Jason Taylor was the Western Suburbs Rookie of the Year in 1990 moving to Player of the Year in 1991 and played for NSW in the State of Origin team in 1993. Moving to the North Sydney Bears in 1994, Jason went on to become North's Player of the Year two years in row and won the prestigious Rothmans Medal for the best and fairest player in the ARL competition. In 1998 he received the Dally M Captain of the Year Award.

Jason broke both the goal kicking and point scoring records at North's as well as setting a new mark for consecutive first grade matches, playing 194 games in succession, missing only two games through injury, in his twelve year career.

At Parramatta, Jason not only broke the NRL all time pointscoring record but also broke Mick Cronin's record of the most goals scored by an individual. Jason's 2001 team set a new record for the most points scored by a team in one season and they also won the Ken Stephens Award for service to the games both on and off the field.

Parramatta Chief Executive, Denis Fitzgerald at the Parramatta presentation night, described Jason Taylor as the most professional player he had seen in 17 years at the helm. In season 2001 he became the highest point scorer of any player in the history of rugby league.

Since his retirement from playing, Jason joined the Parramatta Eels coaching staff where he worked his way through the junior ranks culminating in coaching the Eels Premier League team to win the Premiership in 2005, all the while working as an Assistant Coach to Brian Smith’s NRL team.

Midway through the 2006 season Jason took over as Caretaker Coach of the Parramatta NRL team and became the first coach in history to take a team to the finals after taking the reins mid year. In 2007 Jason joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs as Head Coach where he helped guide the Rabbitohs to their first finals appearance in 18 years.