Mark Jones (rugby, born 1965)

For other people with the same name, see Mark Jones (disambiguation).
Mark Jones
Full name Mark Alun Jones
Date of birth (1965-06-22) 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
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

  1. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-union-jones-admits-that-he-has-a-problem-1176748.html
  2. ↑ "Statistics at espnscrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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