Alun Wyn Jones

Alun Wyn Jones is the kind of athlete I instinctively revere. The world's most-capped rugby union player at 158 caps for Wales plus twelve for the Lions, he was a 198cm lock who simply refused to leave the trenches until retiring in 2023. Rugby rewards the unglamorous workhorse over the flashy star, and Jones is the platonic ideal of that ethos, hauling his teammates forward year after year and earning an OBE for it. I love that he stayed rooted, studying at Swansea University and pouring his soul into his home region. Longevity and grit move me far more than spectacle, and he is grit incarnate.

Name (English)

Alun Wyn Jones

Name (Japanese)

アリン・ウィン・ジョーンズ

Reading

ありん・うぃん・じょーんず

Born

September 19, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Ox

Origin

Swansea, United Kingdom

Height

198 cm

Occupation

rugby union player

University

Swansea University

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alun.wyn.jones/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

Tags

• rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.