Megan Jones (born 23 October 1996) is a Welsh and English rugby union player. She debuted for England against New Zealand in 2015. She plays for Leicester Tigers Women at club level.
Club career
Jones played for Bristol Bears Women until she signed for Wasps Ladies in 2020, where she continues to play as a fly-half and a centre. In 2022, she signed for Premiership Club Leicester Tigers.
International career
Jones travelled to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as a non-playing reserve for Team GB sevens.
Being bilingual in Welsh and English and living in Wales until she moved to England aged 16, Jones 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.
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.
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. 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.
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. The team finished seventh.
She was named in England's squad for the Women's Six Nations Championship on 17 March 2025.
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.
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. She has said in a 2024 interview it was ‘the best move she ever made’.
During the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, Jones offered free online fitness sessions for kids. She has also been coaching Barnes Women after being made redundant by the Rugby Football Union.
Personal life
Jones is openly lesbian, and is in a same-sex relationship with her England 7s and Leicester Tigers teammate Celia Quansah. The couple represented Great Britain together at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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External links
- Megan Jones at England Rugby (archive)
- Meg Jones at Leicester Tigers
- Megan Jones at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series (archived)
- Megan Jones at Olympedia
- Megan Jones at Team GB
- Megan Jones at Team England
- Megan Jones at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Megan Jones on Instagram
