Jamal Ford-Robinson
Birth name | Jamal Michael Ford-Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jamal Ford-Robinson (born 11 September 1993) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby side Gloucester.[1]
Ford-Robinson has also spent time wrestling under the ring name 'Krisys' before returning to play for Bristol Bears.[2][3]
Club career
Beginning his rugby career in Leicester Tigers's Academy structure, Ford-Robinson then moved to National League 1 club Cambridge for two seasons before progressing to RFU Championship side Cornish Pirates in 2014.[4][5]
Ford-Robinson then switched to Bristol Bears for the 2015–16 season and aided in their promotion into the Premiership that season.[6] The prop made 48 appearances in a Bristol shirt and suffered with the club as they were relegated back to the Championship at the end of the 2016–17 campaign.[7] The young prop left his hometown of Bristol to join Northampton Saints for the 2017–18 season after signing for the Midlands club on 2 February 2017.[8]
In March 2019, Ford-Robinson signed a 2-year deal with Premiership Rivals Gloucester Rugby.[9] Following the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, he started making humorous videos on the video-sharing website TikTok. The videos gained wide attention from the rugby community which lead to Ford-Robinson winning Premiership Rugby's Community Player of the Month.[3][10]
Ford-Robinson came off the bench as a substitute for the Gloucester side that defeated Leicester in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup final to lift the trophy.[11] At the end of that season he started in the final of the 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which they lost against Sharks to finish runners up.[12]
International career
Before joining Northampton, Ford-Robinson was noticed by coach Eddie Jones who selected him for a senior England side participating in a non-cap friendly against the Barbarians at Twickenham on 28 May 2017 which saw Ford-Robinson come off the bench as a substitute.[13][14] He was subsequently included in their 2017 tour of Argentina squad as injury cover for Nick Schonert.[15]
Honours
- Gloucester
- 1× Premiership Rugby Cup: 2023–24[11]
- 1× EPCR Challenge Cup runner up: 2023–24[12]
References
- ^ "Squad Player". Premiership Rugby. 10 March 2016.
- ^ Iles, Robert (28 July 2019). "Gloucester Rugby new boy Jamal Ford-Robinson talks about fresh start after leaving Northampton Saints, reaching England level, wrestling and the milk challenge". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b Varley, Ciaran (30 March 2021). "Jamal Ford-Robinson: The Premiership rugby player coaching esports". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Cornish Pirates sign prop Jamal Ford-Robinson on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Jamal Ford-Robinson". Statbunker. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Bristol Rugby secure Premiership promotion". ITV. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Cotton, Steven (6 May 2017). "It's official: Bristol Rugby have been relegated and will play in the Championship next season". Bristol Post. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Northampton Saints to sign Bristol's Mitch Eadie and Jamal Ford-Robinson". BBC Sport. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ "Jamal Ford-Robinson: Gloucester to sign Northampton prop in summer". BBC Sport. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Gloucester Rugby's Jamal Ford-Robinson wins public vote to be named first Gallagher Community Player of the Month". Gallagher. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ a b Hurcom, Sophie (15 March 2024). "Premiership Rugby Cup final: Gloucester 23-13 Leicester: Gloucester clinch first trophy in nine years". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ a b Hurcom, Sophie (24 May 2024). "Sharks overpower Gloucester to win Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Lowe, Alex (26 May 2017). "Eddie Jones names George Ford and Chris Robshaw as joint England captains". The Times. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Rees, Paul (28 May 2017). "England 28-14 Barbarians". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Tommy Taylor and Nick Schonert out of England tour with injuries". ESPN. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
External links
- Gloucester Profile
- Jamal Ford-Robinson at ESPNscrum
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