Sam Jones (rugby Union)
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Samuel Frederick Jones (born 15 December 1991) is an English former
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. Jones studied at
Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury Grammar School is a grammar school in Aylesbury situated in the English county of Buckinghamshire, which educates approximately 1300 students. Founded in 1598 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire by Sir Henry Lee, Champion of Queen Elizabeth ...
and King's College London. He played rugby for England U-16, U-18 and U-20, and
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in the
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. In 2013 he was called up to the Barbarian's team to play
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and the
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. On 30 September 2016 Jones was called up to the senior
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squad by coach Eddie Jones for the Autumn Internationals. However while training with England he suffered multiple leg injuries in a judo session, which ruled him out of the Tests and led to his retirement in March 2018.


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1991 births Living people English rugby union players Rugby union players from Aylesbury {{English-rugbyunion-bio-stub