Education
Jones was educated at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontybrenin, then Ysgol Gyfun Gwŷr.
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Foreign the Welsh author of the same name, see Gwyn Jones (author)
He went onto Llandovery College and then Cardiff Medical School, where he played for Cardiff Medicals Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Jones captained Wales at under 15 and under 17 level He soon progressed to the Senior stage winning 13 caps for Wales, five of which as captain. He was the 109th Captain of Wales.
His first cap was against Italy in 1996 and his last against New Zealand in 1997.
Jones scored one international try. Jones suffered a spinal injury playing in his normal position of open-side flanker for his club Cardiff against Swansea in December 1997.
Foreign five days after the accident he was unable to move from the chest down even though X-rays showed his spinal cord to be severely compressed rather than broken. Jones never played again, but after an operation and extensive rehabilitation, which included learning to stand and walk again, he recovered sufficiently to develop a career as a rugby critic on both English and Welsh-language television and returned to his career as a doctor in Cardiff.
In 2002 the Welsh Rugby Former International Players" Association and the Welsh Rugby Union honoured Jones with a Bravery Award.
He also served as president of the Welsh Rugby Union.
