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Alun Wyn Jones
 Jones at the Welsh Rugby Grand Slam Homecoming, March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 121 kg (267 lb; 19 st 1 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Llandovery College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Swansea University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alun Wyn Jones[2][3] OBE (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh former international rugby union player who played as a lock. He played most of his career for Ospreys and for the Wales national team. He is the world's most-capped rugby union player, with 158 caps for Wales and 13 for the British & Irish Lions, and also holds the records for the most Wales caps and[4] the second most Wales caps as captain. He retired from rugby in 2023.
Jones was the captain of the British & Irish Lions for their 2021 tour to South Africa, and is one of only four players to have been selected to play on four Lions tours,[nb 1] in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. He is one of seven Wales players to have won three Grand Slams.[nb 2] He was named the best player of the 2019 Six Nations Championship and was nominated for World Player of the Year in 2015 and 2019.
- ^ a b "Alun Wyn Jones". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Alun Wyn are his given names and his surname is Jones.
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- ^ "Veterans salute third Grand Slam". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Alun Wyn Jones set for freedom of home city | Ospreys". www.ospreysrugby.com.
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