Belonging: The Autobiography

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Told with characteristic honesty, this is his unique personal story of what it takes and what it means to play for your country: what it means to belong.

Jones verteld ons zijn verhaal in een oprechte manier, verteld veel over spelers met wie hij heeft mogen spelen (zoals mijn grote held, Paul O'Connell) en wat hem heeft gebracht waar hij nu is. The sensitive manner in which Fordyce discusses Alun Wyn’s insightful memories of his dad’s strength and personality strikes a personal chord. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. A good, gentle read providing a fairly candid insight into the mind of Alun Wyn Jones and his dedication to the game of rugby, to Wales, the thrill of Lions rugby and, probably most significantly, the character of Warren Gatland. He has a healthy disregard for ‘culture’ – all you need to know is be honest with each other, treat people well, live your values, he says – and if anything shuns the spotlight even more when adulation comes his way.His status within Wales and the wider rugby fraternity puts him on a par with other greats such as Barry/The King, Gareth, JPR, JJ, etc, and he is recognisable simply as “ Alun Wyn”. On 31 October 2020, against Scotland, he became the most capped rugby player of all time, with 149 caps.

Olivier Magne, former French rugby captain Alun Wyn Jones is the most capped rugby player of all time. It is the story of what it takes to become a player who is seen by many as one of the greatest Welsh players there has ever been.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. It takes so much dedication and commitment to make it to the top, and his sustained success is super impressive and inspiring!

Download the digital edition of Rugby World straight to your tablet or subscribe to the print edition to get the magazine delivered to your door. He was subsequently selected for the 2013 Lions Tour of Australia and the 2017 Lions Tour of New Zealand. Throughout the text, he extols his gratitude for the support of his wife, Anwen, and children, his Mum and Dad and his Welsh-speaking maternal grandmother.In March 2009 against Italy he captained the Welsh side for the first time before being selected on the 2009 Lions Tour of South Africa. He doesn’t intend to coach because he doesn’t want to be an absent dad, as his own late father was when busy working all hours in his office. It promotes real insight into the personal drive and determination that have developed an exceptional rugby player and leader. But is it also about perthyn – belonging, playing for Wales, working your way through the age-grades and the club matches and regional sides. This personal dedication to developing character by working hard and achieving personal satisfaction was evident at a young age.