Ford-Robinson has also spent time wrestling under the ring name 'Krisys' before returning to play for Bristol Bears.[2][3]
Early life
Ford-Robinson was born in Bristol, at the age of 5 years old he moved with his mother to Penryn and started playing rugby at the local club.[4] He has many half-siblings, at least 10, through his father's different relationships.[4]
Club career
Ford-Robinson had trials at Bristol and Leicester before starting his rugby career in Leicester Tigers's academy at 16. Ford-Robinson struggled with a conversion to the position of hooker from his preferred position of prop, in 2024 said he probably suffered from anxiety during this period,[4] and left Leicester mid-way through his second season.[4] Motivated by the videos of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ford-Robinson then moved to National League 1 club Cambridge to continue his dream of playing professional rugby. Ford-Robinson played for two seasons under coach Craig Newby who he knew from Leicester.[4] After a first season where Cambridge were relegated from National League 1, Ford-Robinson played regularly in National League 2. At the end of that season he played in the 2014 County Championship for his native Cornwall, scoring a try at Twickenham in the final.[4]
Ford-Robinson then switched to Bristol Bears for the 2015–16 season and aided in their promotion into the Premiership that season.[7] 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.[8] The young prop left his birthplace of Bristol to join Northampton Saints for the 2017–18 season after signing for the Midlands club on 2 February 2017.[9]
In March 2019, Ford-Robinson signed a 2-year deal with Premiership Rivals Gloucester Rugby.[10] 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.[3][11]