Matt Jones (rugby union)
Matthew Jones (born 4 April 1984) is a Welsh international rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for the Ospreys and the Wales Under-21 team, figuring in the Grand Slam winning side. In 2005 he was part of the senior Wales squad summer tour of North America and attained his first full cap against Canada.
| Birth name | Matthew Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 April 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bridgend, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 12 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On 23 April 2013 Bristol Confirmed that Matthew Jones as well as others players would be released at the end of the 2012–13 season.
Jones suffered a knee injury in August 2006. After a brief spell at Moseley he moved to London Welsh.
He joined Worcester Warriors in July 2008. In May 2010 Jones joined Newport Gwent Dragons.[1] In January 2012, Jones joined Bristol,[2] and then in 2013 he moved to Coventry R.F.C. Jones returned to Wales in 2016 becoming a player-coach for Pontypool RFC.[3]
References
- Jones joins Newport Gwent Dragons
- Jones joins Bristol
- Woolford, Anthony (19 May 2016). "Former Wales and Ospreys outside-half Matthew Jones appointed player-coach of Pontypool". walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2018.