Jason Spice

Who is Jason Spice?

Jason Edward Spice is a New Zealand international rugby union player and first-class cricketer. His position of choice is as a scrum-half.

Spice was born in Matamata. He is a former New Zealand age-group cricketer who played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup, then the Northern Districts Knights at first-class level, mainly as a left-arm spinner and lower-order batsman, before his position in the team was taken by Daniel Vettori.

Spice then turned his attention to rugby, where he had also starred at secondary school. He made the Waikato NPC team and played six games for the Blues in 1998 before transferring to Wellington, where he played 61 games for the province and 66 for the Hurricanes Super Rugby franchise. Spice was a New Zealand A tourist to Europe in 2000 and was called up as a substitute for the All Blacks against Argentina in 2001 and was again on standby for the 2002 end of season tour.

After leaving the Hurricanes in 2004, he enjoyed three seasons and 77 games for Ospreys in Wales, 48 games for Cardiff and a staggering 31 games in one season with Bristol. Spice joined Bristol RFC from the Cardiff Blues in May 2009.