Gwyn Jones

Gwyn Jones

"For the Welsh author of the same name, see Gwyn Jones (author)"

Gwyn Jones is a former Wales international rugby union player. Jones suffered a spinal injury playing in his normal position of open-side flanker for his club Cardiff against Swansea in December 1997. [cite web |title=Wales rugby star will never play again |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/12/20/nrug20.html |date=1997-12-20 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |work=Electronic Telegraph |last=O'Neill |first=Sean] At the time he was 25 years old, captain of Wales and having attained 13 caps was expected to have a long and distinguished playing career.

Jones could never play again after the injury but after an operation and extensive rehabilitation including learning to walk again he recovered sufficiently to develop a career as a rugby critic on television and amazingly to return to his career as an A&E Doctor in Cardiff.

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