Stephen Jones (journalist)

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Stephen Jones
OccupationJournalist
NationalityWelsh
Education Bassaleg School
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectSports

Stephen Jones is a Welsh journalist and the rugby correspondent for The Sunday Times since the 1970s. [1] He covers rugby for The Times as well. He also contributes an occasional report on others sports like cricket, football, and golf, in addition to his main topic of rugby. [2]

In 2019, he was on the first panel to determine the World Rugby women's-15s player-of-the-year award with Melodie Robinson, Danielle Waterman, Will Greenwood, Liza Burgess, Lynne Cantwell, Fiona Coghlan, Gaëlle Mignot, Jillion Potter, and Karl Te Nana. [3]

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References

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  2. "Stephen Jones | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. worldrugby.org. "Stars join new-look World Rugby Awards panels". world.rugby. Retrieved 24 March 2019.