John Jones (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Jughead | |||||
| Born | 9 January 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1989–94 | Manly Sea Eagles | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 1995–97 | South Queensland Crushers | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 109 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
John Jones (born 9 January 1966) is an Australian former rugby league player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Manly Sea Eagles and the South Queensland Crushers. He primarily played at Second-row.
Playing career
A local junior, Jones had to bide his time in reserve grade before eventually making his first grade debut at the age of 23 for the Manly Sea Eagles in their 19−14 loss to the Cronulla Sharks in round 15 of the 1989 season. By the 1990 season, Jones was a regular in the first grade team. In the 1992 season, after playing in all 22 games and scoring 4 tries, Jones finished runner-up to Allan Langer in the Rothmans Medal for best and fairest player in the Winfield Cup competition that season. Jones left the Sea Eagles at the end of the 1994 season. [2]
In 1995, Jones moved to the newly formed entity the South Queensland Crushers on a three-year deal. Following the demise of the Crushers at the end of the 1997 season, Jones decided to retire from playing. He finished his career having played 109 games and scoring 16 tries.[3]
References
- ↑ John Jones rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ https://silvertails.net/threads/new-ex-player-profile-john-jones.5387/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
