Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
For other people named Alun Jones, see Alun Jones (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Wyn Jones (rugby union).
Rugby player
Alun Wyn Jones OBE
Jones during a match against Harlequins, October 2008
Date of birth
(1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth
Swansea, Wales
Height
198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight
121 kg (19 st 1 lb)[1]
School
Llandovery College
University
Swansea University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Lock
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2004–2006
Swansea
35
(15)
2005–2023
Ospreys
257
(120)
2023
Toulon
5
(0)
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2005–2006
Wales U21
20
(5)
2006–2023
Wales
158
(45)
2009–2021
British & Irish Lions
13[2][3]
(0)
Alun Wyn Jones[4][5]OBE (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a lock. He played most of his career for Ospreys and for the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player, with 158 caps for Wales and 13 for the British & Irish Lions, and also holds the records for the most Wales caps and[6] the second most Wales caps as captain. He retired from rugby in 2023.
Jones was the captain of the British & Irish Lions for their 2021 tour to South Africa, and is one of only four players to have been selected to play on four Lions tours,[nb 1] in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. He is one of seven Wales players to have won three Grand Slams.[nb 2] He was named the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship and was nominated for World Player of the Year in 2015 and 2019.
^ ab"Alun Wyn Jones". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^Jones also played in the home match against Japan in 2021; it was decided that this match would not be given test status, but in November 2021 the Lions Board decided that all players would be awarded caps.
^"LIONS V JAPAN UPDATE". Lions Rugby. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
^Alun Wyn are his given names and his surname is Jones.
^Cite error: The named reference remember was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Alun Wyn Jones' international record as Wales and Lions great calls it a day". The Independent. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^"Veterans salute third Grand Slam". BBC Sport.
^"Alun Wyn Jones set for freedom of home city | Ospreys". www.ospreysrugby.com.
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