Jamie Soward

Jamie Soward is a retired player most recently playing for Penrith Panthers.

Jamie Soward (born 13 November 1984) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the London Broncos of the English Super League. A New South Wales State of Origin and Indigenous All-Stars representative five-eighth, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters before moving to the Dragons with whom he won the 2010 NRL Premiership which was against his former club the Roosters (score 32-8).

Soward began his career in the Canberra Raiders, before moving to play with the Sydney Roosters Jersey Flegg side where he helped the club win the 2004 premiership with two last-ditch field goals. He made his first grade debut the following year but was in and out of first grade and premier league. Half-way into the 2007 season, he was given an immediate release from the Sydney Roosters to join the Dragons.

He set a new record for most points by an individual in a game for the Dragons with 22, achieved when they defeated the Canberra Raiders in 2007.

In round 7 of 2009, during the annual Anzac day match, the Dragons defeated Sowards previous club 29-0 in which he scored a near club record 21 points. Jamie became the first player to pass 200 points for the season 2009 when he scored 14 points on 8 August 2009, against the Penrith Panthers. Soward finished the 2009 season with the second most Dally M votes and was named the Dally M Five-Eighth of the Year.

During the 2010 NRL season Soward surpassed Mark Riddell as St. George Illawarra's all-time top point scorer. In Preliminary Final against the Wests Tigers that year, Soward slotted a field goal from 35 metres out to win the game for the Saints 13-12 and send the Dragons to their first Grand Final since 1999. On October 3, 2010 Soward was a part of the St. George Illawarra Dragon's first Premiership as a joint venture, defeating his old club the Sydney Roosters 32-8 in the Grand Final. Soward set up the first try of the game for Mark Gasnier with a precision kick into the in-goal and his goal kicking also proved a major factor in the result as he slotted 6 from 7 including two memorable shots from the touchline into driving rain.