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".
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.
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.
Entering the start of the professional era of rugby union in Wales, Jones led Neath to qualification of the Heineken Cup.
It was Jones that signed up an unsuccessful district scrum-half and helped turn Shane Williams in to a quality winger.
In May 2008, Jones left the region by mutual agreement, shortly after winning the EDF Anglo/ Welsh Cup against Leicester Tigers.
His dealing with the Newport Gwent Dragons coach Paul Turner while with Ebbw Vale, saw Jones later become an attack consult for the region at the back end of 2008.
Jones made some good signings to make his team competitive, including Rugby World Cup winning scrum-half Piri Weepu.
After losing to Sale Sharks, who sat in the relegation zone, in round 15, London Welsh found themselves crashing down the table.
[11] With-in a week of leaving London Welsh, Jones joined the Newport Gwent Dragons as Director of Rugby.
The 2014/15 season proved even more successful, with the advancement to the knock-out rounds of the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup, only to lose to Edinburgh 45–16 in the semi-final.
Following the conclusion of the 2018 Rugby Challenge in June 2018, Jones announced he would leave the Namibian side to return home to Wales.
In Jones' first international major campaign, Russia finished fourth in the 2019 Rugby Europe Championship, with just two victories to their name; 64–7 over Belgium and 26–18 over Germany.