Adam Jones
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Warren Gatland has Wales playing to their strengths ahead of New Zealand clash...rows have subsided in Wales and minds could be fully concentrated on the game. With Lions prop Adam Jones still sidelined with his rib injury and Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Yapp also out, Gatland has resisted the temptation to move... In this article: Warren Gatland, All Blacks, Gethin Jenkins, Wales, Lee Byrne, New Zealand, Cardiff, Adam Jones, and Tony Woodcock |
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BBC News | October 22, 2009
Ospreys hail Blues 'dream team'
...superstars. The Liberty Stadium region, in fact, boasted seven Lions on the tour to South Africa as Ireland's Tommy Bowe joined Shane Williams, Adam Jones, James Hook, Lee Byrne, Mike Phillips and Alun Wyn Jones. While the Ospreys'...
In this article: Ospreys, Blues, Dai Young, Europe, Lions, Shane Williams, Cardiff Blues, and Tom Shanklin
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Telegraph.co.uk - Rugby Union | October 19, 2009
Ospreys scrumhalf Mike Phillips adds to Wales' injury woes
...GETTY IMAGES Gatland is already resigned to being without Phillips' fellow Ospreys and Lions teammate Lee Byrne (foot) and Adam Jones (shoulder), as well as prop John Yapp (torn bicep) and second row Ian Evans (torn tendon). Phillips...
In this article: Mike Phillips, Ospreys, Wales, Andrew Sheridan, Lee Mears, Warren Gatland, John Yapp, and Scarlets
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Guardian | November 02, 2009
Gatland uses psychology to help Wales
...days we go into every game believing we can win." Wales are without three of their summer Lions, Lee Byrne, Mike Phillips and Adam Jones, but they still field 10 players who went to South Africa while the centre, Tom Shanklin, was an...
In this article: Warren Gatland, Wales, All Blacks, Paul James, Gethin Jenkins, New Zealand, Lee Byrne, and Ryan Jones
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Injury time
...hit by a Mini at 50 miles an hour. Now, it's a truck at 70 miles an hour." Inside the club's treatment room, Adam Jones is tapping on a laptop to pass the time. Lions prop Jones dislocated his shoulder against South Africa "There's...
In this article: Arthritis, Austin Healey, International Rugby Board, and Lions
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sportinglife | November 05, 2009
WALES READY FOR REVENGE
...agonising 2-1 Test series defeat. Ospreys lock Jones was one of those players who hit top form against the Springboks, and the challenge posed by another world rugby giant cannot come quickly enough. "Sometimes as a nation, or a group of...
In this article: All Blacks, Wales, New Zealand, Warren Gatland, World Cup, Tony Woodcock, Lee Byrne, and Luke Charteris
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Phillips blow for Ospreys & Wales
...out for three months with an ankle injury. The Lions scrum-half has joined fellow Wales and Ospreys stars full-back Lee Byrne (foot) and prop Adam Jones (shoulder) on their injured list. Phillips hobbled off in the 33rd minute of the...
In this article: Mike Phillips, Ospreys, Gareth Cooper, Wales, Lee Byrne, Martin Roberts, Shane Williams, and Dwayne Peel
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DEPARTING O'DRISCOLL PROUD OF LIONS
...tour hopes prior to departure. And since arriving in South Africa, the Lions have lost O'Driscoll, Jones, Stephen Ferris, Leigh Halfpenny, Lee Byrne, Euan Murray, Ryan Jones and Gethin Jenkins. Adam Jones suffered a dislocated...
In this article: Brian O'Driscoll, Lions, Gethin Jenkins, South Africa, Ian McGeechan, British and Irish Lions, and Pretoria
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Fit-again Jenkins signs at Blues
...tour, the Ospreys tight-head due back in December. Spoors says that Jones has signed a new deal at the Ospreys, although the region say that the contract has yet to be finalised. Williams is three weeks from fitness, leaving him little...
In this article: Gethin Jenkins, Blues, Martyn Williams, Warren Gatland, and Lions
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Independent.ie | June 25, 2009
Jones hopes to emulate '97 hero Wallace in slaying 'Beast'
...have really put teams under pressure." The presence of Shaw in the second row, Rees at hooker and Jones at tight head gives the Lions an added three stone with which to fight the powerful Springboks. Jones is one of the players who has...
In this article: Phil Vickery, Lions, Warren Gatland, Matthew Rees, Alun-Wyn Jones, and Gethin Jenkins
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Adam Bernard "Pacman" Jones (born September 30, 1983 in ), is an American football cornerback and return specialist for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was drafted in the first round with the 6th overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans. He played college football at West Virginia. He was a professional wrestler with the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion. ==Early years==
Jones was raised by his mother, Deborah Jones, and his grandmother, Christine Jones; his father was murdered when Jones was four years old. When Jones was a freshman at West Virginia University, his grandmother died of cancer; Jones missed the only game of his three-year college career to attend her funeral. On the day of the NFL Draft, Jones wore a t-shirt that featured his grandmother's picture.
Jones attended Westlake High School, in Atlanta, Georgia. Westlake High School is considered a football powerhouse; in 2005, the school had the most alumni in the NFL with six players. In football, Jones played in the Georgia-Florida all-star game, and was selected as the conference "Player of the Year" following his senior year after totaling 120 tackles, six interceptions and 1,850 rushing yards.
In addition to his accomplishments in football, Jones also earned All-American honors in basketball and track. His basketball team won two state championships.
- Birth Date:
- September 30, 1983
- Birthplace:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Weight:
- 186
- University Attended:
- West Virginia
- Current team:
- Dallas Cowboys
- Number:
- 21
- Position:
- Cornerback / Return specialist
- Draft pick:
- 6
- Draft round:
- 1
- Draft Year:
- 2005
- Debut Date:
- 2005
- Debut team:
- Tennessee Titans
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