Mark Jones (rugby, born 1965)
Full name | Mark Alun Jones | ||
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Date of birth | 22 June 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Tredegar, Wales | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||
School | Tredegar Comprehensive | ||
Rugby league career | |||
Position | Prop, Second-row | ||
Professional clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1991-95 Aug 1995 – Aug 96 |
Hull Warrington |
20+18 |
8 |
National teams | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1991-96 1992 |
Wales Great Britain |
11 1 |
16 0 |
Rugby union career | |||
Playing career | |||
Position | Back row | ||
Professional / senior clubs | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
2001-03 |
Tredegar RFC Tredegar Ironsides RFC Neath RFC Ebbw Vale RFC Pontypool RFC Aberavon RFC |
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National team(s) | |||
Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
1987–98 | Wales | 15 | (8) |
Mark Alun Jones (born 22 June 1965 in Tredegar) is a Welsh dual-code international professional rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Tredegar RFC, Tredegar Ironsides RFC, Neath RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Pontypool RFC (2001-03), Aberavon RFC, as a Flanker, i.e. number 6 or 7, or Number eight,[1] and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Hull, and Warrington, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12.
International honours
Mark Jones won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath in 1987 against Scotland, in 1988 against New Zealand (sub), in 1989 against Scotland, Ireland, France, England, and New Zealand, in 1990 against France, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Namibia (2 matches), and while at Warrington in 1998 against Zimbabwe,[2] won caps for Wales (RL) while at Hull in 1991 against Papua New Guinea, in 1992 against France, and England, in 1993 against New Zealand, in 1994 against France, and while at Warrington in 1995 against USA (twice), in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup against France (sub), and England (sub), in 1996 against France, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Hull in 1992 against France (sub).[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-jones-admits-that-he-has-a-problem-1176748.html
- ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Statistics at espnscrum.com
- Statistics at wru.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Warrington's World Cup heroes – Mark Jones
- Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk