Ron Jones (rugby union)
| Full name | Ronald Elvet Jones | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Neath Grammar School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | St Luke's College, Exeter | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Teacher | ||||||||||||||||
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Ronald Elvet Jones (born 24 February 1943) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Born in Neath, Jones attended Neath Grammar School and was a Welsh Secondary Schools representative player.[1]
A back-row forward, Jones was rugby captain at St Luke's College, Exeter. He appeared for Devon during his time in Exeter and also played some his early rugby at Swansea, with which he faced the touring 1963–64 All Blacks as a 20-year old. Based in England, Jones taught physical education at Bablake School and was a Coventry player at the time of his Wales call up. He won five caps across their 1967 and 1968 Five Nations Championship campaigns.[2]
Jones was later deputy head of Bablake School.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Neath GS was hard as nails rugby melting pot". The Rugby Paper. 30 October 2021.
- ^ "The New Skipper". Coventry Standard. 27 June 1968.
- ^ "Teachers share 112 years in class". Coventry Live. 18 June 2003.
External links
[edit]- Ron Jones at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Welsh rugby union players
- Wales international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Neath
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Alumni of the University of Exeter
- People educated at Neath Grammar School for Boys
- Swansea RFC players
- Coventry R.F.C. players
- Devon RFU players
- Welsh schoolteachers