Jamal Ford-Robinson

Jamal Ford-Robinson

Birth name	Jamal Michael Ford-Robinson
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)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop Current team Gloucester Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2014 2014 2015–2017 2017–2019 2019– Cambridge Cornish Pirates Bristol Northampton Saints Gloucester 35 19 48 25 101 (20) (0) (20) (0) (35) Correct as of 25 April 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017 England XV 1 (0) Correct as of 7 May 2020

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

1. "Squad Player". Premiership Rugby. 10 March 2016.
2. 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.
3. Varley, Ciaran (30 March 2021). "Jamal Ford-Robinson: The Premiership rugby player coaching esports". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
4. "Cornish Pirates sign prop Jamal Ford-Robinson on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
5. "Jamal Ford-Robinson". Statbunker. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
6. "Bristol Rugby secure Premiership promotion". ITV. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
7. 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.
8. "Northampton Saints to sign Bristol's Mitch Eadie and Jamal Ford-Robinson". BBC Sport. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
9. "Jamal Ford-Robinson: Gloucester to sign Northampton prop in summer". BBC Sport. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
10. "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.
11. 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.
12. Hurcom, Sophie (24 May 2024). "Sharks overpower Gloucester to win Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
13. Lowe, Alex (26 May 2017). "Eddie Jones names George Ford and Chris Robshaw as joint England captains" . The Times. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
14. Rees, Paul (28 May 2017). "England 28-14 Barbarians". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
15. "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