Megan Jones (rugby union)
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.jpg) Jones with England in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Elizabeth Jones MBE (born 23 October 1996) is an English rugby union player who plays for England at rugby. She debuted for England against New Zealand in 2015. She plays for Ealing Trailfinders at club level.[1]
Jones played for Bristol Bears Women until she signed for Wasps Ladies in 2020, where she played as a fly-half and a centre. In 2022, she signed for Premiership Club Leicester Tigers,[2][3][4][5] where she remained until the start of the 2025/26 season when she joined Ealing Trailfinders.
International career
Jones travelled to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as a non-playing reserve for Team GB sevens.[6]
Jones is bilingual in Welsh and English and lived in Wales until she moved to England aged 16, and was qualified to play for both countries. She made her XVs debut for England in July 2015, playing against New Zealand in the Rugby Super Series that year. She then played off the bench in England's 39–6 win over Canada in the Old Mutual Wealth Series.[7][8]
She was named in the England squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, where she scored the side's opening try (against Spain). She also played in the semi-final versus France and started in the final.[9][10]
Also in 2017, Jones played in the first two matches of the 2017 International Women's Rugby Series playing at outside centre and inside centre.[8] In late 2017, Jones joined the England Sevens programme full time. The England Sevens men and women's teams were made redundant in August 2020.[11]
In 2021, she returned to rugby XVs as an invitational player for England in the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
In June 2024, she was named in the British squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12] The team finished seventh.[13]
She was named in England's squad for the Women's Six Nations Championship on 17 March 2025.[14][15] She was named in the Red Roses side for the Women's Rugby World Cup.[16][17]
Early life and education
Born in Cardiff to an English mother and Welsh father, Jones was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and began her rugby career at Glamorgan Wanderers aged six.[18]
She moved to England aged 16 to study Sports Science and Management, and further her rugby career, at Hartpury College and went on to receive a BSc Honours in Sport Science and management from Loughborough.[18]
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, Jones offered free online fitness sessions for children. She has also been coaching Barnes Women after being made redundant by the Rugby Football Union.[19]
Personal life
Jones is openly lesbian, and is in a same-sex relationship with her England 7s and Leicester Tigers teammate Celia Quansah.[11][20] The couple represented Great Britain together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[20][21]
Honours
- England
- Women's Rugby World Cup
Champion (1): 2025
