Jayson Potroz (born 26 November 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays at fullback in the Mitre 10 Cup for Taranaki.
Potroz has been in and around the Taranaki rugby scene since leaving Francis Douglas Memorial College in 2009 playing age-grade and development levels along with playing in Taranaki pre-season matches. However, he made his debut in 2018 against Poverty Bay in a Ranfurly Shield pre-season match in Tikorangi. He has played for Taranaki at both regional and national sevens level. Potroz played three games for Taranaki in 2018, scoring three tries. His other matches were against Wanganui in the second Ranfurly Shield pre-season match and came off the bench against Canterbury and was known for scoring a 55m intercept try in that match.
In 2019, Potroz started in all 10 matches for Taranaki scoring a total of 17 points, he played nine matches at fullback and one on the wing. At the end of the season, Potroz was named Back of the Year, the first non-Super Rugby player to win such an award. He also won Sevens Player of the Year.
Potroz plays for New Plymouth based club side Tukapa in the Taranaki premier competition and predominately plays five-five eighth. Prior to joining Tukapa, he represented Stratford.
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