Mark Jones (rugby, born 1965)

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Mark Jones
Birth nameMark Jones
Date of birth (1965-06-22) 22 June 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Tredegar, Wales
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
SchoolTredegar Comprehensive
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Tredegar RFC ()
Tredegar Ironsides RFC ()
1990 Neath RFC ()
1996 Ebbw Vale RFC ()
Pontypool RFC ()
2001-03 Aberavon RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1987–98 Wales [1] [2] 15 (8)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1991–95 Hull FC [3] 47+2120
1995–96 Warrington 20+188
Total10600028
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1991–96 Wales 1116
1992 Great Britain [4] 10

Mark Alun Jones (born 22 June 1965) is a Welsh dual-code international professional rugby union and rugby league rugby player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union 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, or number eight, [1] [2] [5] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Hull FC and Warrington, as a prop or second-row. [4]

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Background

Mark Jones was born in Tredegar, Wales. He signed for Hull FC from Neath RFC in October 1990 in a five-year deal worth about £120,000. [6] He signed for Warrington from Hull F.C. on 3 July 1995. [7] He was sold to Ebbw Vale RFC for a nominal fee in September 1996. [8]

International honours

Mark Jones won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath in 1987 against Scotland, in 1988 against New Zealand (interchange/substitute), 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, [1] [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 (two spells), in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup against France (interchange/substitute), and England (interchange/substitute), in 1996 against France, and England, and won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Hull in 1992 against France (interchange/substitute). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Rothmans RL Yearbook 1995-96 by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes, page 76, published by Queen Anne Press, ISBN   0747278172
  4. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Jones admits that he has a 'problem". independent.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Rothmans RL Yearbook 1991-92 by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes, published by Queen Anne Press ISBN   0356178528
  7. ↑ Rothmans RL Yearbook 1996 by Raymond Fletcher and David Howes, page 115, published by Queen Anne Press ISBN   0747277672
  8. ↑ "Warrington's World Cup heroes – Mark Jones".
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