Jono Ross
Full name | Jonathan Montague Ross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 October 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sandton, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St Stithians College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of South Africa University of Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jonathan Montague Ross (born 27 October 1990 in Sandton, Johannesburg) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with French Top 14 side Template:Rut Stade Français.[1] His regular position is number 8 or flanker.
Career
Youth
He started off playing for the Template:Rut Golden Lions and represented them at the 2007 and 2008 Under–18 Academy Week tournaments. He also represented them in the 2008 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition.
He then joined the Template:Rut Blue Bulls and played for their Under–21 team in 2010 and 2011.
Varsity Cup
In addition to playing for the Template:Rut Blue Bulls, he also represented Template:Rut UP Tuks in the annual Varsity Cup competition in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Blue Bulls
He made his senior debut in 2011, coming on as a substitute in the 2011 Vodacom Cup match against Template:Rut SWD Eagles,[2] as well as in the quarter-final match against former team the Template:Rut Golden Lions.[3]
He made his debut in the Currie Cup competition a few months later in 2011 against Template:Rut Griquas[4] and made one further appearance that season. He established himself as a regular in the team for the 2012 Vodacom Cup, making eight starts and scoring a try.
Saracens
At the conclusion of the 2012 Vodacom Cup, he joined English side Saracens for one season, making two appearances in the 2012–13 LV Cup.[5]
Back to the Bulls
In 2013, he returned to the Blue Bulls and was called into the Template:Rut Bulls Super Rugby side for their match against the Template:Rut Kings,[6] making four appearances in total during the 2013 Super Rugby season.
In only his third ever Currie Cup match – in the 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division season against Template:Rut Western Province – he was named captain of the Blue Bulls,[7] becoming the first-ever English-speaking captain of the team. At the end of 2013, he signed a contract extension to tie him to the Blue Bulls until October 2016.[8]
He was included in the Template:Rut Bulls squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season[9] and, after four substitute appearances in 2013, made his first Super Rugby start in a 31–16 defeat to the Template:Rut Sharks in Durban.[10][11]
Stade Français
In November 2014, the Template:Rut Bulls announced that they granted Ross an early release from his contract to join French Top 14 side Template:Rut Stade Français.[12]
External links
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jono Ross". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- "It's Rugby Profile: Jono Ross". It's Rugby. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
References
- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Jono Ross". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 23–25 SWD Eagles". South African Rugby Union. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – MTN Golden Lions 26–28 Vodacom Blue Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Blue Bulls 44–20 GWK Griquas". South African Rugby Union. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "It's Rugby Profile: Jono Ross". It's Rugby. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Potgieter takes over Bulls captaincy". Supersport. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "Bulls send rookies to Newlands". Media24. Sport24. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "Vodacom Bulls name group for Sun City training camp" (Press release). Blue Bulls. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Vodacom Bulls team". Bulls. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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- ^ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Cell C Sharks 31–16 Vodacom Bulls". South African Rugby Union. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Ross released to join French club" (Press release). Bulls. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- 1990 births
- Blue Bulls players
- Bulls (rugby union) players
- Saracens F.C. players
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- South African expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- White South African people
- South African people of British descent
- Super Rugby players
- South African expatriate rugby union players