Beneath the household names in elite rugby lies a huge number of fine professionals
making a living off the world game. RW salutes those who are hustling from job to job
I GOT called Pete Tong
once because I’ve played
in more clubs than him,”
says Paul Doran Jones.
Now self-employed,
renovating property as
well as playing for Rosslyn Park, the
prop had a career that took him through
Leinster, King Country in New Zealand,
London Welsh, Gloucester, Northampton,
Harlequins and Wasps, as well as
repping England six times. For some,
he is the quintessential ‘journeyman’.
Yet he says on moving clubs: “They
were decisions that enriched me as
a person. I have seen different clubs,
different coaches, different people, and
that is what I thrive on. Sometimes there
are financial or other incentives, but
that’s what drives me. I get stagnantSpecial ReportJOURNEYMAN
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Words Alan Dymock // Illustrations Simon Scarsbrook