Lyn Jones (born 1964) is a former Wales international rugby union player, and now works as a coach. A flanker, Jones has experience at various different levels of the game, both as a player and a coach. Jones played most of his playing career for Neath RFC. He started his coaching career at the same club. He has coached professional clubs in Wales and England, and since 2018 has been head coach of the Russian national rugby union team. He is currently coaching the national rugby team of the Netherlands. Personal His son Luc Jones is a professional rugby union player with Jersey RFC. Jones often makes punditry appearances for BBC Cymru Wales' Scrum V and coverage of Pro 14 when in Wales. Playing career Jones began his elite playing career in 1983 for Neath RFC. At the club, he was described by Brian Thomas (Neath's team manager) as "The fittest, fastest, cleverest and best back-row forward in Britain". Towards the end of 1987, Jones suffered a severe knee injury taking him out of rugby for over a year. On returning to Neath mid-way through the 1988/89 season, Jones took a sabbatical from rugby for personal reasons. He returned to the club in March 1990 where he struggled to find form and make a way back into the side. For the 1990/91 season - the season that launched the Welsh Premiership - Jones moved to Llanelli RFC. It was at Llanelli where Jones made more of a name for himself, achieving the Premiership title in 1993 and consecutive Welsh Cup titles in 1991, 1992 and 1993. It was in 1993 where Jones finally got his international chance for Wales, being selected for Wales' experimental tour to Africa due to the absence of the Welsh first-team players being involved in the Lions tour to New Zealand. He earned his first cap on 22 May 1993, starting at 7 against Zimbabwe. With rumoured issues within the club, Jones left Llanelli for the 1994/1995 season and joined Treorchy RFC who has just been promoted to Division 1. It was at Treorchy where Jones began to coach, acting as a player-coach for the Rhondda Valley based team. However, following a premature end to his playing career, Jones parted way with Treorchy and return to The Gnoll to become Head Coach at Neath. Coaching career Early days: Neath and Ospreys Entering the start of the