Ryan Jones
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| Full name | Ryan Paul Jones | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 March 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (17 st 13 lb; 251 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Bassaleg Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | UWIC | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Number 8, Flanker, Lock | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1998–2000 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2014 2014–2015 |
Newport Bridgend Celtic Warriors Ospreys Bristol |
1 12 16 150 9 |
(0) (5) (5) (100) (10) |
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Correct as of 21 March 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004-2014 2005 |
Wales British and Irish Lions |
75 3 |
(10) (0) |
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Correct as of 17 Nov 2013 (UTC)
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Ryan Paul Jones (born 13 March 1981 in Newport) is a Wales international rugby union player who plays at number eight, blindside flanker or second row for Bristol Rugby. He has been involved in three Grand Slam wins, in 2005, as captain in 2008, and 2012. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Gareth Edwards, Gerald Davies and JPR Williams.
Jones played junior football for Bristol City as a goalkeeper until the age of 14. He took up rugby union at age 17 to be with his friends at Risca RFC.
Ryan Jones studied at UWIC, now Cardiff Metropolitan University gaining a BSc (Hons) from 1999 to 2002. He played over a 100 games for UWIC RFC and captained the 1st's in his last year. Ryan said of the University: "I was a student at Cardiff Met's Cyncoed Campus for three years. I was really inspired by the ethos of sporting excellence and University rugby was the springboard for my international career” Ryan met his wife Alisa Jones at Cardiff Metropolitan University and was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2008.
Jones started his club career with Newport RFC making just one appearance as a replacement for Alix Popham versus Bridgend in May 1999. After leaving Newport he made 12 appearances for Bridgend RFC, before moving on to the Celtic Warriors at the start of regional rugby in 2003. In 2004, when the Celtic Warriors were disbanded he was offered a contract with the Ospreys, who went on to win the Celtic League in 2004–05 and its replacement, the Magners League in 2006–07. Jones was appointed captain of the Ospreys at the start of the 2007–08 season and under his captaincy the team went on to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2007–08, beating Leicester Tigers in the final at Twickenham and the Magners League for the third time in 2009–10, beating Leinster at the RDS Arena in Dublin in the play-off final. He was succeeded as captain by his Wales and British Lions colleague Alun-Wyn Jones at the start of the 2010–11 season. On 24 March 2014, Jones signed for English club Bristol Rugby, who compete in the RFU Championship, on a two-year contract from the 2014-15 season.
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