Stephen Jones (rugby union)

Stephen Jones

Full name	Stephen Michael Jones
Date of birth	(1977-12-08) 8 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Aberystwyth, Wales
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Inside centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2003 Llanelli 197 (1786) 2003–2004 Llanelli Scarlets 12 (146) 2004–2006 Clermont Auvergne 43 (566) 2006–2012 Scarlets 107 (918) 2012–2013 London Wasps 15 (136) International career Years Team Apps (Points) Wales U16 Wales U18 Wales U19 Wales U21 Wales Schools 1998–2011 Wales 104 (917) 2005–2009 British & Irish Lions 6 (53) Coaching career Years Team 2013–2015 London Wasps (attack coach) 2015–2019 Scarlets (backs coach) 2019–2022 Wales (attack coach) 2024- Moana Pasifika (assistant coach)

Stephen Michael Jones (born 8 December 1977) is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player who played primarily at fly-half. He played more than 100 times for Wales and six times for the British & Irish Lions.

Jones was the record cap holder for Wales until he was overtaken by Gethin Jenkins on 15 March 2014. With 970 international points, Jones is eighth in the List of leading rugby union test point scorers, and the second-highest Wales player on the list behind Neil Jenkins.

At the end of the 2012–13 season, Jones retired from playing professional rugby to take up a coaching position at London Wasps and in August 2015 he joined the Scarlets as backs coach.^[1]