Jamal Ford-Robinson

Jamal Ford-Robinson (born 11 September 1993) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby side Gloucester.

Ford-Robinson has also spent time wrestling under the ring name 'Krisys' before returning to play for Bristol Bears.

Club career
Beginning his rugby career in Leicester Tigers's Academy structure, Ford-Robinson then moved to National League 1 club Cambridge for two seasons before progressing to RFU Championship side Cornish Pirates in 2014.

Ford-Robinson then switched to Bristol Bears for the 2015–16 season and aided in their promotion into the Premiership that season. The prop made 48 appearances in a Bristol shirt and suffered with the club as they were relegated back to the Championship at the end of the 2016–17 campaign. The young prop left his hometown of Bristol to join Northampton Saints for the 2017–18 season after signing for the Midlands club on 2 February 2017.

In March 2019, Ford-Robinson signed a 2-year deal with Premiership Rivals Gloucester Rugby. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, he started making humorous videos on the video-sharing website TikTok. The videos gained wide attention from the rugby community which lead to Ford-Robinson winning Premiership Rugby's Community Player of the Month.

Ford-Robinson came off the bench as a substitute for the Gloucester side that defeated Leicester in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby Cup final to lift the trophy. At the end of that season he started in the final of the 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium which they lost against Sharks to finish runners up.

International career
Before joining Northampton, Ford-Robinson was noticed by coach Eddie Jones who selected him for a senior England side participating in a non-cap friendly against the Barbarians at Twickenham on 28 May 2017 which saw Ford-Robinson come off the bench as a substitute. He was subsequently included in their 2017 tour of Argentina squad as injury cover for Nick Schonert.

Honours

 * Gloucester
 * 1× Premiership Rugby Cup: 2023–24
 * 1× EPCR Challenge Cup runner up: 2023–24