Jason Donnelly
Personal information
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
19??	Keighley
1992–96	St George Dragons	55	16	0	0	64
1997	Adelaide Rams	6	0	0	0	0
	Total	61	16	0	0	64
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1993	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Jason Donnelly is a New Zealand former rugby league player who played professionally and represented his country. His position of preference was on the wing.

[edit] Early years

Donnelly was originally a athletics champion and was the New Zealand junior decathlon champion before rugby league took precedent.^[1]

[edit] Playing career

A speedy winger, Donnelly started his professional career in England playing for Keighley before moving to Australia.^[1] There, Donnelly played most of his career with the St George Dragons, scoring sixteen first grade tries. The Dragons made the Grand Final in both 1992 and 1993 but Donnelly missed both matches due to injuries.^[1]

In 1993 he because a New Zealand tourist and played in three test matches. While on tour in France he was injured along with Stephen Kearney when a balcony they were on collapsed.^[2]

He was linked with the new Auckland Warriors franchise in 1994 but negotiations ultimately fell through and he stayed with the Dragons. In 1997 he moved to the new Adelaide Rams side, playing six games for the club before retiring.

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