Johnathon Ford
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| Ford playing for the Newtown Jets in 2010. | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Jono | |||||
| Born | 17 August 1989 Toronto, New South Wales, Australia | |||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||
| Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Fullback, Centre, Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2010–11 | Sydney Roosters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012– | Toulouse Olympique | |||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2009–13 | Cook Islands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As of 30 March 2013 | ||||||
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Johnathon Ford (born 17 August 1989) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for French club, Toulouse. A Cook Islands international representative back, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters of the National Rugby League.
Background
Born in Toronto, New South Wales, Ford is of Cook Island descent. He is a cousin of former Hull Kingston Rovers player Byron Ford. Ford played his junior football for the Macquarie Scorpions before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.
Playing career
Ford played for the Knights' NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 8 tries and kicking 1 goal in 30 games.[1] In 2009, Ford played 2 games for the Cook Islands in the 2009 Pacific Cup. In 2010, Ford signed with the Sydney Roosters. In Round 23 of the 2010 NRL season he made his NRL debut for the Roosters against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. In 2012, Ford signed with Toulouse Olympique in the Elite One Championship.[2] Ford continued playing for the Cook Islands team in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.