contracts if Taylor was still the coach going forwards into the future. Taylor's time at Wests was also marred by an ugly feud with long time player Robbie Farah and resulted in Farah being demoted to reserve grade and then subsequently leaving the club altogether. Return to Roosters staff On 8 May 2017, the Sydney Roosters confirmed that Jason Taylor will be on-boarded as an assistant coach. Roosters coach, Trent Robinson, quickly clarified that Mr Taylor would be an assistant to the coach. On 5 September 2018, Taylor was announced as the new head coach of his former club the North Sydney Bears. In Taylor's first year in charge at Norths, he guided the club to a third-placed finish at the end of the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW regular season as they qualified for the finals for the first time since 2017. North Sydney would go on to be eliminated from the 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW finals series as they lost both matches against South Sydney and Newtown. After both of the 2020 and 2021 NSW Cup seasons were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Taylor guided North Sydney to third on the table in the 2022 season. North Sydney would go on to lose both finals matches against Penrith and Canterbury. References 1971 births Living people Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players North Sydney Bears players Northern Eagles players Parramatta Eels coaches Parramatta Eels players Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Sydney South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches Sportsmen from New South Wales Western Suburbs Magpies players Wests Tigers coaches