Ryan Jones
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Ryan Paul Jones (born in Newport, 1981) is a former Wales international rugby union player who has appeared at number eight, blindside flanker, or second row.
In 2005, he was captain of three Grand Slam titles as captain in 2005 and 2012.
He is one of a select group of Welsh players to win three Grand Slams, including Alun Wyn Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Gareth Edwards, Gerald Davies, and JPR Williams.
Early life
Jones was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and played youth football for Bristol City as a goalkeeper until the age of 14. At the age of 17, he joined Risca RFC with his friends.
Ryan Jones studied at UWIC, now Cardiff Metropolitan University, earning a BSc (Hons) degree from 1999 to 2002. He played over a hundred games for UWIC RFC and captained the firsts in his last year. "I was a student at Cardiff Met's Cyncoed Campus for three years," Jones said of the university. The ethos of sporting excellence, as well as University rugby, inspired me greatly during my international career.
Personal life
Stephen Jones, Stephen Jones' father, served in the Gwent Constabulary, based in Cwmbran.
He was diagnosed with chronic encephalopathy and related early onset dementia in 2022. He also mentioned that he had been suffering from depression following his release from rugby in 2015, which was thought to be a symptom of the later dementia diagnosis.
Club career
Jones began his football career with Newport RFC, but he made only one appearance as a replacement for Alix Popham versus Bridgend in May 1999. He started playing for Bridgend RFC before moving to the Celtic Warriors at the start of regional rugby in 2003. In 2004, he was offered a contract with the Ospreys, who went on to win the Celtic League in 2004–05 and its replacement, the Celtic League in 2006–07. Jones was elected captain of the Ospreys in the 2007-08 season, and the team went on to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2007–08, defeating Leinster in the final at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Alun Wyn Jones, a Welsh and British & Irish Lions colleague, was promoted as captain by his Wales and British & Irish Lions colleague Alun Wyn Jones at the start of the 2010–11 season. Jones signed for Bristol Rugby, an English club, who were competing in the RFU Championship on a two-year deal starting in the 2014-15 season on March 24.
Following a reoccurring shoulder injury, Jones retired from rugby in 2015 on medical advice.
International career
In November 2004, Jones made his international debut for Wales against South Africa. He appeared on Wales' 2005 Grand Slam Runners team. He was not initially selected for the 44-man squad for the 2005 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. He was later called up as a replacement for Simon Taylor, who was hurt. After his role in the 30-19 victory over Otago, he was chosen for the squad for the first test. He came on as a replacement and got to work on the final two tests.
Jones was appointed captain of Wales by new coach Warren Gatland in January 2008. He coached his team in their first Six Nations tournament as captain, leading them to their second Grand Slam in four years. Ryan Jones and Shane Williams were the first Welsh players to be nominated in an IRB International Player of the Year award in November 2008, the first Welsh players to be nominated in a group of five players, first established in 2001. Shane Williams was selected as the 2008 International Player of the Year.
Jones was barred from the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa in April 2009. Stephen Ferris recovered from a knee injury but the Lions medical team confirmed him unfit within days of arriving in South Africa, but not before he arrived in South Africa due to head injury suffered in a previous Wales test match.
When the team defeated New Zealand, Samoa, Argentina, and Australia, Jones was named captain of the Welsh team for the Autumn internationals.
Jones appeared in all five of Wales' 2012 Six Nations matches, beginning two, as he and the team won their third Grand Slam in seven years. In the three years after losing England's final 30-3 victory over the championship, he also appeared heavily in the following tournament, captaining Wales in three of the five games, but only in three of the five games due to injury.
Jones set the record for Wales' most capped captain by defeating Ieuan Evans' record of 28 caps against Samoa on November 16th. On March 14, 2015, Jones' record of 33 caps as captain was surpassed by Sam Warburton.
In the 2021 Birthday Honours for his contributions to rugby union football and charitable fundraising in Wales, he was elected Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).