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Full name | Philip David Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wigan, England | 30 September 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Fly-half | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Philip David Jones (born 30 September 1977) is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played as a goal-kicking centre or stand-off/fly-half. He played for Lancashire Lynx, Wigan Warriors and Leigh Centurions in rugby league, and Orrell, Rotherham Titans and Sedgley Park in rugby union.
Jones started his senior career at Lancashire Lynx after being signed from amateur club Hindley. He moved to Super League side Wigan Warriors in 1999 for a transfer fee believed to be around £35,000. [3] He spent three seasons at the club before switching to rugby union in 2001. In May 2002 Clive Woodward called up Jones to the England squad for the non-cap test against the Barbarians. [4]
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