Known as the 'Dancing Dicks',[1][2] Jones and Owen replaced the James brothers for Swansea, and would later bring their partnership to the Welsh team.

The Welsh selectors tended to choose club pairings at half back, and when Newport's Lou Phillips was injured in a match against Scotland, he and his partner Llewellyn Lloyd were gradually replaced by Jones and Owen.

[4] Jones played for Swansea for 12 seasons and was a member of the 'All White' team that beat the touring Australians in 1908.

His return in 1908 was against France in a Grand Slam decider, Jones scored the winning try to lift the trophy for Wales.

The fact that this was the first time a Welsh team had lost to England since 1898[6] gave the selectors a big enough reason to change personnel for the next few matches.