Alun Wyn Jones OBE is a Welsh professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Wales national team and the former captain of Ospreys. Jones is the world’s most-capped Rugby Union player and Wales’ most capped international player.
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Alun Wyn Jones OBE is a Welsh professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Wales national team and the former captain of Ospreys. Jones is the world’s most-capped Rugby Union player and Wales’ most capped international player. In October 2020, he equalled Richie McCaw’s record of 129 caps held by Gethin Jenkins. He was named as the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship by Guinness, the tournament’s sponsor. Jones made his test debut for Wales in June 2006 against Argentina. In 2009 Jones was one of 13 Welsh players selected in the squad for the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa. In the 2015 Six Nations, he formed a second row partnership with Luke Charteris and won two man-of-the-match awards during the tournament, earning them against Scotland and Italy.
He made his 100th appearance when Wales faced South Africa in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Rugby World Cup but Wales were knocked out of the competition with South Africa winning 23–19 and going on to win third place. Jones suffered an injury in the penultimate game against England in the tournament and was replaced with a returning Charteris. He returned to action on the 2016 tour to New Zealand, playing his 100 fourth test against New Zealand – his 106th appearance. On 8 December 2016, Jones broke the Osprey’s record for the highest try scoring forward as he touched down for his 21st try. He became one of seven Lions players to have beaten South Africa, Australia and New Zealand while touring these countries.
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