Felix Jones (born 5 August 1987) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player.

[4] He attended St. Andrew's College in Dublin, where he played for the schools Junior and Senior Cup teams.

[citation needed] Jones holds a master's degree in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology from the University of Limerick.

[citation needed] Jones made his Munster debut against Glasgow Warriors in September 2009[6] and played 6 games before injuring his neck against Connacht in December 2009.

Jones made his comeback against Aironi in September 2010, and played 3 games before injuring his knee against Ospreys in the same month.

[8] Jones made his comeback from the injury that ruled him out of the 2011 Rugby World Cup on 10 February 2012, playing 80 minutes for Shannon in their AIL game against Young Munster.

He missed Munster's league play-off semi-final against Ospreys on 11 May 2012 when he picked up a shoulder injury in training.

Jones underwent successful knee surgery in late January 2013, and is expected to be back in action for Munster by March 2013.

[citation needed] Jones represented Ireland A three times and was a member of the squad which won the Churchill Cup in 2009.

After helping Munster reach the semi-finals of the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup and the 2017 Pro12 Grand Final, he signed a two-year contract extension with the province which saw his role expand to backs and attack coach.

[44] While with Munster, Jones also assisted Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt with the national teams tour of Japan in June 2017.

[45][5] Ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, Jones joined the South African national team as a defence consultant.

[49] South Africa went on to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup defeating England in the final 32–12.

Jones has said that one area of his coaching that developed whilst working with South Africa was winning collisions.

[49] Jones has cited Rob Penney as an important influence,[54] and credited Anthony Foley, Jerry Flannery, Rassie Erasmus, Jacques Nienaber and Joe Schmidt with helping his coaching develop.