Jono Kitto

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Jono Kitto
Birth nameJonathon Mark Kitto
Date of birth (1992-03-30) 30 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight85 kg (13 st 5 lb) [2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half-back
Current team Canterbury
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014–2015
2015–2017
2017
2017–2018
2018
2019–2021
2021–		 Bay of Plenty
Leicester Tigers
Worcester Warriors
Harlequins
Northland
Worcester Warriors
Canterbury 		17
29
2
9
0
9
0		 (0)
(10)
(0)
(0)
(0)
(10)
(0)
Correct as of 21 July 2021
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 New Zealand U20 3 (0)
Correct as of 3 March 2013

Jono Kitto (born 30 March 1992) [3] is a New Zealand rugby union scrum half who is currently playing for Canterbury in New Zealand's National Provincial Championship; he has previously played for Leicester Tigers, Worcester Warriors and Harlequins in Premiership Rugby and Northland in New Zealand's domestic championship. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He’s currently operating a run club called Run Strong. He also has strong interests in cryptocurrency and native New Zealand birds.

Career

On 4 June 2015 it was announced that Kitto had signed for Tigers, [4] with Kitto admitting that he signed for Leicester after playing as them in computer game Rugby 08. [5] Kitto made his debut from the bench against Wasps at Welford Road on 1 November 2015 [6] and featured 13 times in the 2015/16 season. On 29 February 2016 it was announced that Kitto had signed a new contract with Leicester. [7]

After the departure of Aaron Mauger from Leicester's coaching team Kitto found his game time at Leicester more limited and on 19 September 2017 moved to Worcester Warriors on loan. [8] Kitto played twice for Worcester before returning to Leicester on 4 October. [9]

On 23 October 2017 it was announced that Kitto had been released by Leicester. [10]

On 13 November 2017 Kitto was signed on a short-term deal by Harlequins. Injuries in the scrum-half position at Harlequins was the catalyst behind the deal. [11]

On 11 February 2019 Worcester Warriors announced that Kitto was to re-join the cub that summer. [12] His contracted ended in the summer of 2021 and was announced in Canterbury's squad for the 2021 National Provincial Championship.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jono Kitto Profile". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jono Kitto Profile". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jono Kitto". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Leicester Tigers sign Jono Kitto from Chiefs". ESPNscrum.
  5. ↑ "Jono Kitto attracted to Leicester Tigers via computer game". BBC. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tigers make it three from three with win over Wasps" (Press release). Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jono Kitto, George Catchpole and Jack Roberts sign new deals with Leicester Tigers" (Press release). Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jono Kitto: Worcester Warriors sign Leicester Tigers scrum-half on loan". BBC. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Scrum-half Jono Kitto ends Worcester Warriors loan spell". Worcester News. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Scrum-half Kitto released by Tigers" (Press release). Leicester Tigers. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Jono Kitto: Harlequins sign former Leicester Tigers scrum-half" (Press release). BBC Sport. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jono Kitto: Worcester Warriors re-sign former Leicester and Harlequins scrum-half". BBC. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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