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| Full name | Bailey Hayward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 2001 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Lock, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 12 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Paul Hayward (grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bailey Hayward (born 5 April 2001) is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth , halfback , lock and hooker for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
Hayward was born in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Scottish descent. [2] He is the grandson of former Newtown Jets player Paul Hayward and the brother of Central Coast Mariners forward Paige Hayward in the A-League Women. [3]
Hayward is a Canterbury-Bankstown local junior from the St George Dragons (Clemton Park) junior club.[ citation needed ]
Hayward made his first grade debut for Canterbury in Round 6 of the 2024 NRL season, in a narrow 16-14 loss against the Melbourne. [4] In Round 7, Hayward scored his first NRL try in the Bulldogs' 36–12 victory over the Newcastle Knights at Accor Stadium. [5] Hayward played 20 games for Canterbury in the 2024 NRL season as the club qualified for the finals finishing 6th on the table. Hayward played in their elimination final loss against Manly. [6]
On 25 March, Hayward re-signed with the Bulldogs until the end of 2026. [7] On 10 August, the Bulldogs announced that Hayward had extended his contract with the team again until the end of 2028. [8]
Following a shock loss to the Wests Tigers in Round 22, Hayward was selected to start ahead of former Bulldogs captain and hooker, Reed Mahoney. Hayward played 69 minutes against the New Zealand Warriors in Round 23, as the Bulldogs dispelled conjecture that they could not play in wet weather conditions with a 32-14 victory over a fellow Top Four contender. Hayward started the remaining fixtures in the regular season, scoring his first try of 2025 against the Melbourne Storm in a narrow 20-14 defeat in Round 25.
In 2022, Hayward was named in the Scotland squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. [9]
| Year | Team | Games | Tries | Pts |
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| 2024 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 43 | 2 | 8 |
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