John Jones (rugby league)

John Jones
Personal information
Born (1966-01-09) 9 January 1966
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Second-row, Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1989–94 Manly-Warringah 85 15 0 0 60
1995–97 South Qld. 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 footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and South Queensland Crushers, primarily played at second-row forward.

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-Warringah Sea Eagles in their 19−14 loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in round 15 of the 1989 NSWRL 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 NSWRL 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

  1. ↑ John Jones rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ https://silvertails.net/threads/new-ex-player-profile-john-jones.5387/
  3. ↑ Whiticker, Alan & Collis, Ian (2004). The History of Rugby League Clubs. New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-74110-075-5.
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