Jon Boden (rugby union)

Jon Boden
Date of birth (1978-10-19) 19 October 1978
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half, Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2000-02
2002-04
2004-06
2007-		 Gran Parma
Rugby Lions
Doncaster Knights
Leicester Lions		 ?
48
55
223		 ?
295
92
1,816

Jon Boden (born 19 October 1978) is a rugby union footballer/coach, currently playing at Fly-half or Centre for Leicester Lions in National League 2 North.[1][2][3] He has played higher level rugby (second tier) for Rugby Lions and Doncaster Knights, as well as European rugby with Italian side Gran Parma (now disbanded). An excellent kicker, as of the end of the 2015-16 season, Jon is the all time points scorer in National League 2 North with over 1,800 points.[4]

Career

After spending some of his early career playing rugby league with the London Broncos, Jon moved to Italy to play rugby union for Italian side, Gran Parma, where he became a regular in the team, gaining Super 10 and European Shield experience. In the autumn of 2002, after two years in Italy, Jon returned to England to sign for the Rugby Lions, then playing in division 2 of the English rugby union league system.[5] Despite appearing and scoring regularly for the Lions, Jon's time with the club was not successful, as they suffered consecutive relegations in the two seasons he was there.[6][7]

Following the Lion's relegation, in the summer of 2004 Jon moved north to sign for Doncaster, who were playing in the same division that Rugby had just been relegated from. After several dismal seasons, Jon's luck was to change as he made 20 league appearances for his new club, who won the league and promotion to the second division.[8] Jon spent several more seasons with Doncaster, where he became a squad player, but decided to leave during the 2006-07 season as Doncaster were becoming a professional outfit and he could not combine full time rugby with his other job role as a school teacher.

At the start of 2007 Jon joined tier 4 side, Leicester Lions, where he was signed as a player-coach.[9] Jon became an invaluable player at the Lions, finishing as the league's top scorer in 2008 with 282 points as the Lions finished 4th.[10] Since then he has regularly finished as one of the top kickers in what is now known as National League 2 North becoming the most prolific points scorer in the division of all time as of the end of the 2015-16 season.[4]

Season-by-season playing stats

Season Club Competition Appearances Tries Drop Goals Conversions Penalties Total Points
2001-02 Gran Parma Super 10 ? ? ? ? ? ?
European Challenge Cup 6 0 1 5 12 49
2002-03 Rugby Lions National Division One 21 2 1 23 26 137
2003-04 National Division Two 25 4 1 21 24 137
Powergen Cup 2 1 1 5 1 21
2004-05 Doncaster Knights National Division Two 20 4 0 3 2 32
Powergen Cup 2 0 0 1 3 11
2005-06 National Division One 26 3 0 2 7 40
Powergen National Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006-07 National Division One 6 1 0 2 0 9
Leicester Lions National Division 3 North 10 1 0 24 13 92
2007-08 National Division 3 North 25 5 2 55 47 282
2008-09 National Division 3 North 24 7 0 54 27 224
EDF Energy Trophy 1 0 0 1 0 2
2009-10 National League 2 North 24 7 1 56 32 246
2010-11 National League 2 North 29 5 0 69 40 283
2011-12 National League 2 North 25 1 0 22 22 115
2012-13 National League 2 North 24 0 0 46 35 197
2013-14 National League 2 North 24 0 0 59 34 220
2014-15 National League 2 North 16 2 0 34 9 105
2015-16 National League 2 North 21 1 0 15 5 50

[11][1]

Honours & Records

National League 2 North

Doncaster Knights

Leicester Lions

Representative/County

References

  1. 1 2 "Jon Boden Player Profile". EPCR. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jon Boden Player Profile". EPCR. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Leicester Lions History". Leicester Lions RFC. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "National Two North All time leading scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 7 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Boden to make Lions bow". Coventry Telegraph. 4 October 2003.
  6. ↑ "Leagues 2002/03". Moseley Rugby club. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Defeat seals Lions' demise". Coventry Telegraph. 12 April 2004.
  8. ↑ "CASTLE PARK MEN CROWNED KINGS". Doncaster Free Press. 8 April 2005.
  9. ↑ "RUGBY: Clash of Lions at first home game". Rugby Advertiser. 6 September 2007.
  10. ↑ "National Three North 07/08 Leading top scorers". Rugby Statbunker. 19 April 2008.
  11. ↑ "Jon Boden Record by competition". Rugby Statbunker. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Lions pair touch down". Coventry Telegraph. 6 May 2003.

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