Playing Career
Cayless started his career in the National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels alongside his older brother, Nathan Cayless, who had already been with the club for three years. In 2001 he made his representative debut for New South Wales Country Origin. The following year Cayless moved to the Sydney Roosters and played for them at prop forward in their 2002 NRL Grand Final win over the New Zealand Warriors. He made his international debut for New Zealand in 2002 and went on to play in ten Test matches for his country. He played at prop for the Sydney Roosters in the 2003 NRL grand final which was lost to the Penrith Panthers.
Cayless played for the Roosters at prop forward in their 2004 NRL grand final loss to cross-Sydney rivals, the Bulldogs.
After spending four seasons in Super League, in October 2009 Cayless signed with the Wests Tigers on a two year contract starting in 2010. He started the first three games of the season from the bench, but injuries saw him make no further appearances for the Tigers in 2010. He announced his retirement before the start of the 2011 season.
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