From Rucks to Redemption: My life-changing story — The only player banned for life twice!

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Roedd gan Chris Jones enw am drais wrth chwarae a hyfforddi rygbi oedolion gyda Threorci yn ne Cymru, yr unig chwaraewr erioed i gael ei wahardd am oes ddwywaith! Ni allai neb fod wedi rhagweld y newid rhyfeddol pan drodd at Dduw, gan ddod yn fodel rôl fel Swyddog Datblygu Rygbi Ysgolion Rhondda.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Chris Jones had a reputation for violence when playing and coaching adult rugby with Treorchy in south Wales, the only player ever to be banned for life twice! No-one could have predicted the remarkable change when he turned to God, becoming a role model as Rhondda Schools Rugby Development Officer.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Chris Jones is extremely well-known in the Valleys, particularly in the Rhondda, where he has done so much to channel young people towards sport, dedication and hard work. After playing and coaching adult rugby, he has been Rhondda Schools Rugby Development Officer for over 30 years, during which time the Rhondda U15s have won the prestigious Welsh Schools Dewar Shield ten times and been losing finalists six times (having never won it before). Since 1997, dozens of players who have come up through the system he heads have represented Wales at age group and senior levels, including 12 full internationals, one of whom (Matthew Rees) captained Wales and was also a British & Irish Lion.