Kingsley Jones (born 19 June 1970) is a Welsh rugby union coach, currently in charge of the Canadian national team.
Guided by Dennis John, Jones became a physical loose forward for the side, playing at Flanker or Number 8 in his sole season at the club.
On 24 August 1996, Jones made his international debut for Wales, starting in the backrow in a test match against the Barbarians.
In that same season, he was given captaincy of the national team in an away game to South Africa, in what was Jones' last international appearance for his country after rupturing his chiles tendon.
[2] In Europe, Sale made it as far as the quarter-finals of the 2005–06 Heineken Cup, losing to Biarritz Olympique 11–6 in the knock-out game.
The 2006/07 season saw Jones's side struggle, after dropping to tenth during the English Premiership and failed to advance out of the group stage of the Heineken Cup.
In their first year of partnership, Sale narrowly remained in the top Premiership after slipping to eleventh on the table, while they failed to make much of an impact on the European scene.
This meant Russia progress to the final stage of the European qualification process for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Despite finishing ninth on the table with eight victories, the Dragons knocked over Leinster home and away in a historic first ever season double over the Irish province.
[15][16] During the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, Jones led his side to a third seed position going into the knock-out stage.
In the 2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup they repeated their fortunes of the previous season, making it to the semi-finals, where this time they lost to Montpellier 22–12.
In Jones' final season in charge of the region, the Dragons slipped to eleventh on the table despite gaining 12 losing bonus points.
[18] However, this was a short-term role with Jones being named the head coach of the Canadian national team on 21 September 2017 following the sacking of Mark Anscombe.
In February 2018, Canada failed to qualify for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as Americas 2, after losing both tests to Uruguay (29–38 and 32–31).
During the 2018 June test window, Canada lost all three of their games; losing 48–10 to Scotland, 43–20 to Russia, which was a first ever loss to the Bears, and 47–17 to the United States.
Their poor form continued into the 2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, losing all three games to finish bottom of the combined table.