Jason Bell (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1971 | |||||
| Height | 173cm | |||||
| Weight | 79kg | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–92 | Parramatta | 53 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| 1993 | North Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994–96 | South Sydney | 58 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| 1997–99 | Parramatta | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2000 | Auckland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 173 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 146 | |
| As of 29 December 2008 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Jason Bell is a former rugby league player. His position of preference was at Five Eighth.
Parramatta
A Parramatta junior, Bell made his first grade debut in 1989. He played fifty three games for the Eels before transferring to North Sydney at the start of the 1993 season. However his time at the Bears was not a happy one and he only played one first grade game in the 1993 season.
Souths
He rejuvenated his career by moving across the harbour to the Rabbitohs. Here he played 58 games in three years for the club, and was regarded as a senior player by the time he was 24. He formed a solid halves combination with Craig Field.
Return to the Eels
His strong form at the Rabbitohs gave him the opportunity to return home to the Eels, and he went on to play another fifty three games for the club. In 1997 he won the club's Jack Boyle Tackling School Award, which is awarded to the club's best tackler each season.[1] By 1999 however, he was struggling to make first grade and instead captained the Eels reserve grade team to a win in the NSWRL First Division Grand Final.[2]
Final Years
He was not re-signed by the Eels for 2000 and instead he joined the Newtown Jets in the NSWRL First Division. The Jets had a feeder relationship with the Auckland Warriors and mid-season injuries to Stacey Jones and John Simon saw him signed by the Warriors.[3] He played eight games to finish off the season for the Warriors.
At the end of the 2000 season the Warriors were sold and the new owners did not opt to re-sign Bell.
References
- ↑ Honour Roll Parramatta Eels
- ↑ Lower grade teams for rugby league grand finals AAP Sports News, 24 September 1999
- ↑ Injuries hurt Warriors The Press, 1 June 2000
Sources
- Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.
External links
- Jason Bell bio rugbyleague.co.nz