Joe Jones (born 24 July 1995) is a Welsh
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player, currently playing for
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
in the
Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...
.
He usually plays as a
tighthead prop
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.
Career
The oldest of eight siblings, Joe Jones started playing rugby at
Mold RFC
Mold Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Mold, North Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two North League.
Mold Rugby Club is a members' run club. They are based at their Chester Road Ground, withi ...
before moving on to
RGC 1404. From 2016 to 2018, Jones played for
Perpignan
Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...
in
Rugby Pro D2
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, French second division. In 2020, Jones signed for the Doncaster Knights to play in the
RFU Championship.
References
External links
Joe Jones stats on Itsrugby
1995 births
Living people
Cardiff Rugby players
Coventry R.F.C. players
Doncaster Knights players
Pontypridd RFC players
People educated at Alun School, Mold
Rugby union players from Wrexham
Rugby union props
Sale Sharks players
USA Perpignan players
Welsh rugby union players
Scarlets players
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