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Sir Michael Niko Jones KNZM (born 8 April 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach. Jones was a member of the Auckland team which dominated New Zealand rugby in the late 1980s and 1990s, and the Auckland Blues team which won the first two Super 12 championships, in 1996 and 1997.
Sir Michael Niko Jones KNZM (born 8 April 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach. He was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best All Black of the 20th century after Colin Meads and Sean Fitzpatrick.
Sir Michael Niko Jones KNZM (born 8 April 1965) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach. He was named by Rugby World magazine as the third best ...
Waitemata, Auckland and All Blacks legend Sir Michael Jones has been elected to the New Zealand Rugby Board at its Annual General Meeting in Wellington today. Jones (Cap No. 1131), who represented Auckland on no fewer than 98 occasions, replaced outgoing member and former ARU Chairman Glenn Wahlstrom.
Inducted in 2011. Michael Jones burst onto world rugby when he scored the opening try in the first World Cup in 1987 in his first game for New Zealand. Sporting Category: Rugby Union. Over the next decade, he was regarded as one of the best loose forwards in the world and, at his best, was without peer.
Few players have exuded so much charisma and mystique as Michael Jones, a supremely gifted athlete who whenever he was fit and available was almost invariably one of the first names written down in any All Black team sheet.
For services to rugby (English) 1 reference International Rugby Hall of Fame point in time 2003 0 references Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit point in time 5 June 2017 award rationale For services to the Pacific community and youth (English) 1 reference height 185 centimetre 1 reference Commons category Michael Jones (rugby union player) 0 references
