John Skardon
John Skardon is a former Australian rugby league player who played in the 1990s. He was mainly a winger or centre, and also spent time at five-eighth and hooker during his career with the Gold Coast Seagulls and North Queensland Cowboys. A Cairns Ivanhoes junior, he represented Cairns in the Foley Shield before being signed by the Gold Coast Seagulls.
He made his first-grade debut in Round 1 of the 1993 NSWRL season for the Seagulls, in a 10–14 loss to the Western Suburbs Magpies. In 1994 he became a regular, appearing in 18 games and scoring six tries. In 1995 he joined the newly formed North Queensland Cowboys, starting on the wing in their inaugural match against the Sydney Bulldogs. He played 16 games in that first Cowboys season and moved to the hooker position midway through the year. Over the next two seasons he added six more games for the Cowboys, before leaving at the end of 1997.
Career totals: 49 first-grade games and 13 tries (52 points).
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