Arthur Emyr Jones (born 27 July 1962), usually known as Arthur Emyr, is a former Wales

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

international. A winger, he played club rugby for

Swansea RFC Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Super Rygbi Cymru. The club play at St Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea and are also known as ''The Whites,'' in reference to their home kit colours. History ...

where he remains the club's all-time record try-scorer with 155 tries in 212 games and also for

Cardiff RFC Cardiff Rugby Football Club () is a rugby union club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876Parry-Jones (1989), pg 59 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, shortly after which relocating to Ca ...

where he played 5 games and scored 4 tries. He also gained a Senior Wales Athletics vest. He also played for David Hughes Rugby First XV, Menai Bridge Rugby Club and Aberystwyth University. Emyr was born in

Bangor, Gwynedd Bangor (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and Community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, north Wales. It is the oldest city in Wales. Historic counties of Wales, Historically part of Caernarfonshire, the community had a ...

. He attained 13 caps for Wales scoring 4 tries between 1989 and 1991. He was the 1990 Welsh Player of the Year. He was selected for the Wales squad for the

1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup () was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Six Nations Championship, Five Na ...

. After retiring from playing he developed a successful media career, initially as a television sports presenter then as Head of Sport at

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between 1994 and 2001, before joining the

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as Head of Major Events.

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1962 births Living people Cardiff RFC players Llanelli RFC players Rugby union players from Bangor, Gwynedd Swansea RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players Welsh sports broadcasters Welsh-language broadcasters Rugby union wings 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub