Joining him in the Green Island front row in Lawrence will be his brother Brent (36), who has played 154 premier games, while his wife, Brigid, and children, Kasey (8) and Rebecca (17), will be on the sideline.
Short will become just the 12th player to have notched 200 or more games in Dunedin premier rugby.
"I didn't think I'd make it all that way, but I feel fantastic about it and am very happy," Short said.
"When I started I was just keen to reach 50 games. I just carried on and on."
Short (39), a truck technician, was 26 when he played his first game of premier rugby, against University A in 1995.
The students won that encounter 24-3.
Brigid tries to get to most games.
"I stand out there on the sidelines freezing in rain, hail or sunshine. I like it", she said.
Short does not think he will reach 300 games.
"It is a lot harder now and I have other commitments," he said.
Erik Vaafusuaga (Taieri, Green Island) holds the premier rugby record with the 256 games he has played between 1989 and 2009.
"I'm keen to go on as long as I can. I'm still feeling fine after 80 minutes," Short said.
"Physically, it's easier than when I started. But the game's a lot faster and you have got to be fitter. It is a more structured than it used to be."
Short keeps fit by running and swimming at the local school pool in Fairfield.
Props have greater longevity than other players and Short is the oldest player in Dunedin premier rugby today.
But he will have to keep playing premier rugby for another three years to beat the record of Laurie O'Brien (Taieri), who was 42 in his final year of premier rugby in 2000.
O'Brien played more than 150 premier games at prop.
"I enjoy the challenge of chasing the young guys around the paddock," Short said. "It makes me feel young."
Brother Brent, who reached the milestone of 150 games this year, started earlier and played his first premier game in 1994 at the age of 20.
Jason Short can play both sides of the front row but prefers the loosehead side today.
His toughest opponent in club rugby was former All Black Joe McDonnell (Zingari-Richmond).
