Stacey Jones

For those of a similar name, see Stacy Jones.

Stacey Jones
ONZM
Personal information
Full nameStacey William Jones[1]
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994 Auckland City 16 6 0 1 25
1995–05 Auckland Warriors 238 75 171 12 654
2006–07 Catalans Dragons 45 12 49 4 150
2009 New Zealand Warriors 23 2 5 2 20
Total 322 95 225 19 849
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994 Auckland 1 0 0 0 0
1994 New Zealand Māori
1995–06 New Zealand 48 17 50 2 170
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2022 New Zealand Warriors 11 2 0 9 18
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2019 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 1 0
2024– New Zealand 3 1 0 2 33
Source: [2][3]
As of 2 November 2024

Stacey William Jones ONZM (born 7 May 1976) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer, who has been named amongst the greatest New Zealand has ever produced. He is currently the head coach of New Zealand national team. He played as a halfback, but he has also briefly played at five-eighth during his distinguished career, which includes 46 Tests for New Zealand (1995–2006). Stacey Jones is the first and only life member of the New Zealand Warriors club whose records for most appearances, tries and points he held at the time of his retirement.

Jones' vision and ability to control the game when his team was on attack earned him the sobriquet "the little general", a reference also to his small stature in comparison to that of most rugby league players. Jones was often able to find players with a high bombing kick at either sides of the field or place a sneaky through ball for oncoming players to pounce on.

He's the epitome of a New Zealand champion.

— New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on Jones, 2005[4]
  1. ^ Jackson, Glenn (23 March 2009). "Magic still burns in the little general". The Independent Weekly. Australia: Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. ^ Rugby League Project Coaches summary
  3. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Jessup, Peter (18 August 2005). "Stacey's 'the epitome of a New Zealand champion'". nzherald.co.nz. APN Holdings NZ Limited. Retrieved 17 December 2009.