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Toronto, New South Wales, Australia |
17 August 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 99 kg (15 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information
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Position | Five-eighth, Fullback, Centre, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnathon Ford (born 17 August 1989) is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays for Toulouse Olympique in the Kingstone Press Championship. He predominately plays in the halves but is also comfortable slotting into fullback and centre.
He previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.
Ford was born in Toronto, New South Wales, Australia. He is of Cook Island and Irish 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.
Ford played for the Knights' NYC team in 2008 and 2009, scoring 8 tries and kicking 1 goal in 30 games. In 2009, Ford played 3 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. Ford continued playing for the Cook Islands team in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.