Duncan Jones (rugby union)  Duncan James Jones (born 18 September 1978 in Blaengwynfi, Port Talbot) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played at loose head prop for the Ospreys in the Pro12 and has played for Wales. Jones was educated at Cymer Afan Comprehensive School and Neath College. He has represented Wales at every level from Schools up to the national side, including the Grand Slam-winning Under-21 side of 1999. During the early part of his career, Jones played at tighthead prop, but successfully converted to the loosehead position in 2001. He made his first-class debut for Neath RFC in 1999 and played for the club until the end of the 2002–03 season, when, following a reorganisation of Welsh rugby, Jones transferred to what was then the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. He made his debut for the Ospreys on 10 January 2004. However he was soon followed by Adam Jones who made his first appearance for Ospreys on 13 March 2004 against Stade Toulousain. In 2005–06, Duncan Jones took over as captain of the Ospreys, following an injury to Barry Williams, and he was appointed captain for the 2006–07 season, during which he led the team to the Celtic League title. He made his debut for Wales on 25 November 2001, coming on as a substitute in the Autumn International against . In the 2002 Six Nations Championship, he made two appearances as a substitute, against and . Jones made his first start for Wales in August 2003, playing in two warm-up matches, against Ireland and . He was selected in the squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup and started in two pool games, against and , but suffered a fractured fibula during the game against Italy and had to return home, being replaced by Ospreys teammate Paul James. He returned from injury in time to start three games in the 2004 Six Nations Championship; he also started in both Tests against and came on as a replacement against on Wales's mid-year tour. Jones played in the 2004 Autumn Internationals but a dislocated thumb, sustained during a Heineken Cup match between the Ospreys and Munster in January 2005, meant that he was unavailable for the 2005 Six Nations Championship, in which Wales achieved the Grand Slam. He returned to the Welsh team for a two-game tour to the and in June 2005. In 2005–06, Jones started in all but one of Wales's Autumn Internationals (he missed the game against ) and in all their 2006 Six Nations Championship matches, following which he was chosen by new coach Gareth Jenkins to captain the side during a mid-year two-Test tour of Argentina.