Jason Demetriou (rugby league)

Jason Demetriou
Personal information
Full nameJason Demetriou
Born (1976-01-13) 13 January 1976
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Lock, Second-row, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Lancashire Lynx 10 4 0 1 17
2000 Rochdale Hornets 20 5 0 1 21
2001–03 Widnes Vikings 85 33 1 0 134
2004–10 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 187 50 2 0 204
2011–12 Keighley Cougars 46 15 0 0 60
Total 348 107 3 2 436
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000 Canada 2 3 0 0 12
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
201112 Keighley Cougars 33 20 0 13 61
201314 Northern Pride 51 40 0 11 78
2020 South Sydney 2 2 0 0 100
202224 South Sydney 58 29 0 29 50
Total 144 91 0 53 63
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2014 Queensland Residents 1 1 0 0 100
2024 PNG PM's XIII 1 0 0 1 0
2024 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 67
Source:
As of 10 November 2024

Jason Demetriou (/ˈdəmtrɪ/) (born 13 January 1976) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Papua New Guinea, former head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL and a former professional player.

Predominantly a centre, Demetriou spent all of his 13-year playing career in England, playing for six clubs and for Canada internationally. He has previously held head coaching jobs at the Keighley Cougars, Northern Pride and Illawarra Cutters and has been an assistant coach for the St George Illawarra Dragons, Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys, where he was on the coaching staff that won the 2015 NRL Grand Final.