Felix Jones (rugby union)
| Full name | Felix Jones | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 August 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb, 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | St. Andrew's College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Wing | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2008 2009–15 |
Leinster Munster |
1 90 |
(0) (50) |
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Correct as of 3 Oct 2015
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2011–15 2009–15 2007 |
Ireland Wolfhounds Ireland U20 |
15 5 5 |
(15) (10) (15) |
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Correct as of 30 Aug 2015
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Felix Jones (born 5 August 1987 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish rugby union player. He played primarily as a Fullback, but could also play on the Wing. In October 2015, Jones was forced to retire from all rugby due to a neck injury.
Jones played mini-rugby for Seapoint RFC and continued to play for the club right up to the take-off of his professional career. He was a member of Seapoint's All Ireland Junior Cup win in 2007.
He attended St. Andrew's College in Booterstown, Dublin, where he played for the schools Junior and Senior Cup teams.
Jones played for Leinster in the Under-19 team (2 caps), the Under-20 team (4 caps) and the Leinster A team (13 caps) before making his Leinster first XV debut against Connacht in February 2008.
He made his Munster debut against Glasgow Warriors in September 2009 and played 6 games before injuring his neck against Connacht in December 2009. Jones made his comeback against Aironi in September 2010, and played 3 games before injuring his knee against Ospreys in the same month. He was out until March 2011. He made his European debut for Munster against Brive in April 2011. Jones was part of the Munster team that won the 2010–11 Magners League.
Jones made his comeback from the injury that ruled him out of the 2011 Rugby World Cup on 10 February 2012, playing 80 minutes for Shannon in their AIL game against Young Munster. He made his comeback for Munster in a RaboDirect Pro12 fixture against Treviso on 18 February 2012. Jones made his Heineken Cup debut in the quarter-final against Ulster on 8 April 2012. He missed Munster's league play-off semi-final against Ospreys on 11 May 2012 when he picked up a shoulder injury in training. The shoulder injury ruled him out for at least 4 months, as it required surgery.
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