Jonah Placid

Placid in 2014 playing for Melbourne Rising
Birth name	Jonah Placid
Date of birth	(1995-05-14) 14 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School	Nudgee College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Current team Toulon Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Easts Wests Scarborough () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2020 Toulon 11 (0) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2016 Melbourne Rising 24 (57) Correct as of 15 October 2016 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 2015–2017 2020– Reds Rebels Force 1 18 0 (0) (35) (0) Correct as of 7 July 2017 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012 2013–2015 Australian Schoolboys Australia U20 4 13 (0) (25) Correct as of 20 June 2015

Jonah Placid (born 14 May 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a fullback for the Rebels in Super Rugby.^[1][2] Domestically, he plays for Easts in the Queensland Premier Rugby tournament.^[3]

Career

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.^[4] 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.^[5] He is currently playing for Wests Scarborough in the Fortescue Premier Grade.

International

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.^[3][6]

Super Rugby statistics

As of 14 September 2017^[2]