An examination of Lyn Jones’ rugby CV suggests no one could ever accuse him of going with the flow.
He is the Cwmavon boy who ended up playing for Neath rather than Aberavon, then at the height of The Gnoll club’s successes he switched to Llanelli. There, he provided much of the on-pitch intelligence as the west Walians swept to a memorable treble made up of cup and league triumphs and victory over Australia in 1992-93. “He was the brains of that side,” contended the much-respected Norman Lewis, the late South Wales Evening Post writer. Then Jones left for Treorchy and being part of their ‘dream’.
His coaching career has also seen more than its share of twists and turns, from exiting Neath just months after they won a Welsh league title to departing the Ospreys weeks after they lifted the EDF Energy Cup. There have been jobs in England, Namibia and Russia.
