John Skardon
Australian rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Skardon is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. A wing or centre, he played for the Gold Coast Seagulls and North Queensland Cowboys.
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Born | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing, Centre, Five-eighth, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Cairns Ivanhoes junior, Skardon represented Cairns in the Foley Shield competition before being signed by the Gold Coast Seagulls.[2][3]
In Round 1 of the 1993 NSWRL season, Skardon made his first grade debut in the Seagulls' 10–14 loss to the Western Suburbs Magpies. In 1994, he became a regular for the Gold Coast, playing 18 games and scoring six tries.
In 1995, Skardon joined the newly established North Queensland Cowboys, starting on the wing in their inaugural match against the Sydney Bulldogs. He played 16 games for the club in their first season, moving to the hooker position halfway through the year. Over the next two seasons, Skardon played just six games for the Cowboys, before leaving at the end of the 1997 season.
Season | Team | Matches | T | G | GK % | F/G | Pts |
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1993 | ![]() |
9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
1994 | ![]() |
18 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 24 |
1995 | ![]() |
16 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 12 |
1996 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 8 |
1997 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 |
Career totals | 49 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 | 52 |
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