RUGBY UNION | STEPHEN JONES
Alun Wyn Jones is one of the best locks I’ve ever seen
The Sunday Times
If it is true that great international rugby teams bank on experience, then the chances of Wales in the forthcoming World Cup nose-dived inside an hour on Friday.
Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric have played 264 Tests between them and they announced their retirement from the international game just when the Welsh preparations for the tournament were entering full swing.
In some quarters, the announcement from Jones was described as a shock. But how can it be? He is 37 and has 170 Tests for Wales and the British & Irish Lions on the clock. If anyone deserves a rest, it is him.
You imagine there are younger fans who have hardly experienced a Wales team without their giant lock and captain. He has
