William Keri Jones (born 13 January 1945) is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a . He was also an accomplished track and field athlete having represented Wales at the 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games.

Background

Keri Jones was born in Neath, Wales.

Keri Jones

International honours (Rugby union) Keri Jones won 5-caps for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff RFC. Jones was capped five times as a wing for Wales, winning all his caps in the 1967-68 season. He scored two tries for Wales. Jones was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa but did not play in any of the internationals against . He did play in the match against Rhodesia, and in five other games against regional opposition, scoring a try in the win over South Western Districts.

Keri Jones

International honours (Rugby league) Keri Jones won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Wigan in the 1970 Rugby League World Cup against France, and New Zealand.

Keri Jones

References

External links

Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com

On This Day at Scrum.com

Statistics at Scrum.com

1945 births

Living people

Barbarian F.C. players

British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales

Cardiff Metropolitan University RFC players

Cardiff RFC players

Dual-code rugby internationals

Great Britain national rugby league team players

Neath RFC players

Rugby league players from Neath

Rugby league wingers

Rugby union players from Neath

Rugby union wings

Wales international rugby union players

Welsh rugby league players

Welsh rugby union players

Wigan Warriors players