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Born on March 13, 1981, in Newport, Wales, Ryan Paul Jones MBE is a former international rugby union player. He commenced his rugby career after playing junior football for Bristol City as a goalkeeper until the age of 14, subsequently joining Risca RFC at 17. Jones attended UWIC, now Cardiff Metropolitan University, where he earned a BSc (Hons) from 1999 to 2002. During his university years, he played over one hundred games for UWIC RFC and captained the first team in his final year, viewing university rugby as a significant stepping stone for his international career.
Jones’ professional club career began with Newport RFC in 1999, followed by stints with Bridgend RFC and Celtic Warriors. In 2004, he moved to the Ospreys, where he contributed to significant team successes, including winning the Celtic League in 2004–05 and the Magners League in 2006–07. He was appointed captain of the Ospreys at the start of the 2007–08 season, leading the team to win the Anglo-Welsh Cup in 2007–08 and the Magners League for the third time in 2009–10. In 2014, Jones signed with Bristol Rugby before retiring from the sport in 2015 due to medical advice regarding a recurring shoulder injury.
His international career with Wales spanned from 2004 to 2014, earning 75 caps and playing a pivotal role in three Grand Slam victories in 2005, 2008 (as captain), and 2012. He also played in three Tests for the British & Irish Lions as part of their 2005 tour to New Zealand and was called up for the 2009 tour to South Africa. Post-retirement, Jones held administrative positions within the Welsh Rugby Union, serving as a joint Head of Rugby Performance from 2016 and later as WRU Performance Director from 2019, before resigning in October 2020. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for his contributions to rugby union football and charitable fundraising in Wales. In 2022, Jones was diagnosed with early onset dementia, probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition he has openly discussed.
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