Keri Jones

Keri Jones

Personal information
Full name	William Keri Jones
Born	(1945-01-13) 13 January 1945 (age 80) Neath, Wales
Playing information
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (11 st 7 lb)
Rugby union
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Cardiff C.o.E. Neath RFC 1965–68 Cardiff RFC 60 32 0 Barbarian F.C. Total 60 32 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1967–68 Wales 5 2 0 0 1968 British Lions 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1968–72 Wigan 57 38 0 0 114 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1970 Great Britain 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

William Keri Jones (born 13 January 1945) ^[2] is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a Wing and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a wing. He was also an accomplished track and field athlete having represented Wales at the 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games.

Background

Keri Jones was born in Neath, Wales.

Athletics

Jones was a member of the athletics team belonging to the City of Cardiff Training College. ^[3] He competed for Wales in the 220 yards at the Birmingham Games as a warm-up event to the Commonwealth Games. ^[4]

He represented the 1966 Welsh team ^[5] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, participating in three events; ^[6] the 100 yards, the 220 yards and the 4 × 110 yards relay with Terry Davies, Lynn Davies and Ron Jones. ^[7]

International honours (Rugby union)

Jones won 5-caps for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff RFC. Jones was capped five times as a wing for Wales, winning all his caps in the 1967-68 season. He scored two tries for Wales. ^[8] Jones was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa but did not play in any of the internationals against South Africa. He did play in the match against Rhodesia, and in five other games against regional opposition, scoring a try in the win over South Western Districts. ^[9]

International honours (Rugby league)

Jones won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against France, and New Zealand. ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. Griffiths, John (1987). The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. pp. 12:30. ISBN   0-460-07003-7.
3. "Athletics Team Has New Look" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 12 September 1966. p. 37. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "City Games attract good entry" . Birmingham Daily Post. 23 June 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Wales Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
6. "Ron Jones to lead strong Welsh team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 June 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Tulloh ready for Russians" . Sunday Mirror. 12 June 1966. p. 38. Retrieved 26 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. Griffiths, page 2:38-2:41
9. "Keri Jones". lionsrugby.com. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

External links

• Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com Archived 26 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• On This Day at Scrum.com
• Keri Jones at ESPNscrum (archived)