Jonathan "Jon" Elrick (born 11 October 1983) is a New Zealanders rugby union player. He plays in the fly-half (and occasionally inside centre) position for the provincial based ITM Cup side North Harbour.
Playing career
Elrick made his provincial debut for North Harbour in 2005, and in 2006 was signed by Welsh club
Llandovery RFC. Initially playing mainly at first five-eighth Elrick reached 131 points in ten appearances he also showed to be very good kicker and this was shown in Wales when he scored all of the team's points in six matches. In 2007 Elrick had moved to
England to feature in the
Bedford Blues.
The move came about because of Elrick's agent knew
Mike Rayer and he got in touch about coming to Bedford. The main reason Elrick came to Bedford was because the standard in
Wales wasn't as good as he had hoped and he also was a second pick at fly half and wasn't getting enough playing time in
New Zealand.
He finished the season as the second highest individual points scorer with 144 points in 28 matches. Elrick left the team following their 2007/08 season. In 2008 Elrick returned to North Harbour and in 2009 he was linked with New Zealand club, Northland. He regularly played first-five eighth but again was a second pick in the position playing most of the season in the reserves.
In 2011 Elrick moved to France playing in the amateur Fédérale 1 competition for USA Limoges and CA Périgueux.
Early life
Elrick come from a football background with both his parents playing for New Zealand. His dad
Adrian Elrick won 91 caps playing football for New Zealand and starred in the 1982 World Cup even grabbing Zico's top after the Kiwis played Brazil. His mum
Nadene Elrick played more than 60 times for the New Zealand ladies' team. Even Elrick himself received a call-up for the under-17 World Cup squad, but it was rugby that finally came calling.
Elrick didn't actually start playing rugby until he was 14 or 15 years old. When he went to college he was playing Rugby union in the morning and football in the afternoon. He finally had to make a decision and he chose rugby. All of his mates played rugby and he enjoyed the training and social side a lot more. Elrick's Dad was pretty disappointed because he was in the under-17 football squad, but Elrick never looked back. At 23 years old Elrick had definitely fitted plenty into his rugby playing career. The number 10 played his rugby for Takapuna Tigers in New Zealand and the provincial rugby team North Harbour.
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