Danny Jones

Danny Jones was a Wales international rugby league footballer who played as a stand-off or scrum-half in the 2000s and 2010s. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on 6 March 1986, he played for the amateur sides Ovenden and King Cross before turning professional with Halifax, for whom he made his only Super League appearance in 2003 at the age of 17. He later played two spells each with Halifax and the Keighley Cougars. He made his Wales debut in 2010 in a defeat by Italy and was named in the Wales squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He died on 3 May 2015 after going into cardiac arrest during a League 1 match against the London Skolars, and a hereditary heart condition was found. His widow Lizzie later worked with the RFL Benevolent Fund to set up the Danny Jones Defibrillator Fund.