Player Info
- Name
- Ashley Taylor
- Nickname
- Ash
- Date of Birth
- 17/03/95
- Place of Birth
- Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
- Height
- 181cm
- Weight
- 94 kg
- Nationality
- Australia
- Warriors #
- 268
- Warriors Debut (Date and Match Details)
- Round 2, 2022 vs Gold Coast Titans
- Junior Club
- Toowoomba Brothers
- Signed From
- Gold Coast Titans
- Position
- Five Eighth
- Halfback
- Wikipedia Page
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Taylor
The experienced Gold Coast Titans playmaker was originally signed by the Vodafone Warriors on a train and trial contract in October with the chance of a fulltime one-year contract for the 2022 season.
The 26-year-old Queenslander made an instant impression when he turned up for preseason training culminating in him being upgraded to an NRL deal in January.
Ash had been without a club after being released by the Titans at the end of the 2021 season following 114 appearances for the club.
He burst onto the NRL scene as a 20-year-old in 2015 when he made his debut with the Broncos. It was to be his only appearance before he joined the Titans, initially on a two-year deal for 2016 and 2017. He was named the Dally M rookie of the year in 2016.
Subsequently signed on a long-term deal by the Titans he became one of the game's highest paid players.
He finished his Gold Coast career with 16 appearances in the 2021 campaign, a season in which the club made the NRL finals for the first time since 2016.
A former Junior Kangaroo, Ash represented the Indigenous All Stars in 2017.
On 13 October, Taylor was signed by the New Zealand Warriors on a train and trial contract for the 2022 season.
In round 2 of the 2022 NRL season, Taylor made his club debut for New Zealand against his former side Gold Coast in their 20-18 defeat.
On 30 April 2022, Taylor announced his retirement from rugby league due to a long term hip injury.
The 26-year-old Queenslander made an instant impression when he turned up for preseason training culminating in him being upgraded to an NRL deal in January.
Ash had been without a club after being released by the Titans at the end of the 2021 season following 114 appearances for the club.
He burst onto the NRL scene as a 20-year-old in 2015 when he made his debut with the Broncos. It was to be his only appearance before he joined the Titans, initially on a two-year deal for 2016 and 2017. He was named the Dally M rookie of the year in 2016.
Subsequently signed on a long-term deal by the Titans he became one of the game's highest paid players.
He finished his Gold Coast career with 16 appearances in the 2021 campaign, a season in which the club made the NRL finals for the first time since 2016.
A former Junior Kangaroo, Ash represented the Indigenous All Stars in 2017.
On 13 October, Taylor was signed by the New Zealand Warriors on a train and trial contract for the 2022 season.
In round 2 of the 2022 NRL season, Taylor made his club debut for New Zealand against his former side Gold Coast in their 20-18 defeat.
On 30 April 2022, Taylor announced his retirement from rugby league due to a long term hip injury.
