moves; winning a line out and then placing an overhead punt, which Billy Pullen failed to handle correctly at the try line; and his own charge to the line which was just brought short of a try. Glamorgan eventually lost three tries to nil. Jones would play his last rugby union game for Wales against South Africa in 1906. As part of the Glamorgan County side, Jones had played very well in the team's narrow defeat by the South Africans; but in the international he looked tired and ragged, and his normal excellent scrummaging was poor. He retired from the field early, his Wales union career over at the age of just 25. International rugby union matches Wales 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 1902, 1903, 1905 1905 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 1906 Rugby scandal After Jones' international career he would find himself caught up in a scandal surrounding professionalism. Jones was thought to have returned to Treherbert after his weekly payment from Aberdare was cut from 10 to 5 shillings. An ex-secretary of Aberdare told the press that Jones had received payment from the club, which was against amateur union rules. In 1907, after an investigation from the Welsh Rugby Union, Jones was banned from playing rugby union for life. Dual rugby code international After being banned from playing under union rules, Jones joined professional league team Merthyr Tydfil RLFC, and made national representative appearances for Wales in rugby league. His appearance in the first ever full international played against a visiting southern hemisphere side – the New Year's Day 1908 Test against the All Golds at Aberdare saw him become Wales', and the Northern Hemisphere's second dual-code rugby international, just three years after fellow Rhondda player Jack Rhapps. Played on a near frozen pitch, the game was a close match, with Jones scoring a try just minutes before the final whistle, which gave Wales the victory. This result made Jones the first player to play in winning teams against New Zealand under both league and union codes. On 25 January, just over three weeks later, Jones faced the New Zealand All Golds again, this time representing the Great Britain team. Jones was the only representative from a Welsh club in the British team, with the game played at Headingley in Leeds. The British were victorious, 14–6, and Jones was reselected for the second test against the New Zealand team on