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Alun Wyn Jones

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Alun Wyn Jones is a Welsh former rugby union player born in 1985 who played as a lock, spending most of his career with the Ospreys and the Wales national team. He is the most-capped rugby union player in the world, with 158 caps for Wales and 12 for the British and Irish Lions, and holds the record for most Wales caps. He captained the Lions on their 2021 tour of South Africa and is one of only five players selected for four or more Lions tours, in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021. He is one of seven Wales players to have won three Grand Slams, was named best player of the 2019 Six Nations and retired from rugby in 2023.

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1985 1
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Male 1
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is a Welsh former rugby union player
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1. Alun Wyn Jones (Wikipedia)
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    is a Welsh former rugby union player
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    born 19 September 1985
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    He retired from rugby in 2023.
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    He is one of seven Wales players to have won three Grand Slams.
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