Jason Death

In round 2 of the 1991 NSWRL season, Death made his first grade debut for Canberra in a 48–10 win over the Parramatta Eels. At the end of the season, he was named the club's Rookie of the Year. In 1994, after just 16 games over the previous two seasons, Death played 16 games and featured in the side's qualifying final and preliminary final wins. He missed out on playing in the Grand Final winning side despite being named on the interchange bench. In 1995, Death featured prominently again, playing 21 times, including the club's preliminary final loss to the Sydney Bulldogs.

In 1996, Death joined the North Queensland Cowboys after Tim Sheens, Death's coach at the Raiders who was set to join the Cowboys in 1997, recommended he sign with the club.[3] In his first season with the Cowboys, he played 20 games, starting all but one at hooker. In 1997, Death played just eight games, stuck behind former Raiders' teammate Steve Walters, who had joined the club that year. In 1998, his final season in Townsville, he played 17 games, mostly at lock. In Round 22 of the 1998 season, he played his 100th first grade game in a 10–22 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

In 1999, joined the then-Auckland Warriors, playing 18 games and winning the club's Player of the Year award.[4] In 2001, Death played 21 games for the re-branded New Zealand Warriors, which included playing in the club's first finals game, a 12–56 loss to the Parramatta Eels.

In 2002, Death returned to Australia, signing with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, who had just been readmitted into the competition. Death started 23 games at hooker for the Rabbitohs, winning the team's Clubman of the Year award.[5] Over the next two seasons, Death played 21 games before retiring at the end of the 2004 season. In Round 9 of the 2004 season, Death played his 200th game, a 4–38 loss to the Penrith Panthers.[6]

Canberra Raiders Rookie of the Year: 1991
New Zealand Warriors Player of the Year: 1999
South Sydney Rabbitohs Clubman of the Year: 2002, 2003