mark anthony jones born 7 november 1979 in builth wells powys is a former welsh rugby union footballer who played on the wing for the scarlets and wales since making his international debut for wales he won 47 caps and scored 13 triesjones began his domestic career at builth wells youth before joining the senior side he was signed by llandovery from builth and in his first season of senior rugby was the highest try scorer in the welsh league jones joined llanelli in 1997 and remained at the club until his retirement in 2010 jones has represented wales at u18 u19 and u20 levels and made his first team debut for wales as a replacement against england in the 2001 lloyds tsb six nations20052006 was a great season for jones as he won six international caps and scored three tries this was after consecutive knee injuries and major reconstructive surgery saw him ruled out of the international arena since the 2003 rugby world cupjones scored seven tries for the scarlets during the 20062007 season three of which came in the regions heineken cup endeavour including one in the semifinal loss to the leicester tigersjones appeared for wales in the rbs 2007 six nations against scotland italy and in the sole victory over england in june jones was named in gareth jenkinss 41man preliminary rugby world cup 2007 summer training squad after being rested from the two test tour to australia jones made the final 30man cut for the rwc squad in august and played in waless invesco perpetual summer series scoring a try against argentinajones appeared for wales in the rugby world cup in pool matches against canada and australia he also played in the final pool b encounter scoring a try in waless defeat at the hands of the fijians in november 2007 jones was selected by caretaker coach nigel davies in the lineup to face world champions south africa in the prince william cup at the millennium stadiumnew wales coach warren gatland included jones in his grand slam winning 2008 rbs six nations squad he played in four matches against england italy ireland and france and almost scored a try for his country in the latter championship decider against france being stopped just short of the line after a superb breakin july 2009 it was announced that jones was to be handed the captaincy for the scarlets 200910 seasonjones was forced to retire through injury in august 2010 jones who took over from simon easterby as captain the previous season received final confirmation from medics that his playing days are over the news and decision to retire from a brilliant rugby playing career at just 30 had been a difficult one for the popular winger from builth wells as he felt he still had plenty to give as a player both with his region and for wales jones enjoyed 12 seasons with the scarlets and was granted a testimonial year by his region during the last year a career scarlet jones has been a hugely popular amongst fellow players and supporters playing 164 times for his region and scoring 425 points 85 tries he played his first scarlets game against saracens on 26 august 1998 he has won 47 caps for wales scoring 13 tries for his country and was part of the grand slam winning team in 2008 following his retirement jones was announced as a skills coach for the region on a twoyear contract and will now be transferring his experience and knowledge into a new career this will see him coach skills both at firstteam level and with a wider responsibility within the premiership teams academy and agegrade pathways for the region his role will be to enhance and cement key skills sets throughout the scarlets system and promote consistency and excellence amongst up and coming young players