Jonah Placid

Jonah Placid

Placid in 2014 playing for Melbourne Rising
Full name	Jonah Placid
Date of birth	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 21)
Place of birth	Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
Amateur clubs Years Club / team       Easts
Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Apps (points) 2014− Melbourne Rising 22 (45) Correct as of 3 November 2015
Super Rugby Years Club / team Apps (points) 2014 2015- Reds Rebels 1 13 (0) (25) Correct as of 21 July 2016
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 2012 2013-15 Australian Schoolboys Australia U20 4 10 (10)

Jonah Placid (born 14 May 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a fullback for the Rebels in Super Rugby. Domestically, he plays for Easts in the Queensland Premier Rugby tournament.

Born in New South Wales, but raised in Rockhampton, Queensland, Placid first came to prominence playing for Easts Tigers and he helped them win the 2013 Queensland Premier Rugby Title. This saw him named in the Queensland Reds wider training squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season. Although this was largely a development contract and he seemed unlikely to be given any game time during the campaign, an injury crisis saw him make his Super Rugby debut as a second-half replacement against the Western Force on 5 April 2014. It was to prove an unhappy debut as his side went down to 32-29 defeat and he himself had to be substituted with a chest injury following a heavy collision with Force fullback Jayden Hayward.

Placid played a starring role for the Australian Schoolboys during their successful 2012 season. This included playing a part in his team´s historic victory away to New Zealand, only the second time they´d ever won on the other side of the Tasman. As a reward he was selected for the Australia Under-20 side which competed in the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France.