He played for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
In 1965, Jones was selected for New South Wales and featured in 2 games against Queensland scoring a try in one of the matches.
In 1969, Jones chose to sit out the entire season because of the way player transfer payments were handled by the NSWRL board.
Two other players who played for Balmain Dennis Tutty and Laurie Moraschi also sat out the season in protest.
The premiership victory was the club's 11th and last as a stand-alone entity before merging with Western Suburbs at the end of 1999.