Mark Jones

ROLE Head Coach

TEAM Ospreys

IN CHARGE SINCE Dec 2024

AGE 46

NATIONALITY Welsh

MATCHES 23

Mark Jones is the head coach of the Ospreys, a 47-cap Wales wing turned defence specialist who took charge in December 2024.

AS A PLAYER Wing. 85 appearances for Llanelli and 77 for the Scarlets region. 47 caps for Wales between 2001 and 2009, scoring 13 tries.

Tenure record

as of 16 May 2026

23PLAYED

9WON

2DRAWN

12LOST

39.1%WIN RATE

502 points scored · 579 conceded · -77 difference

RECENT LLeinster Rugby14–68 WScarlets27–20 LCardiff Rugby21–24 WSharks21–17 LUlster Rugby24–28 LConnacht Rugby14–21

By competition

United Rugby Championship 18P · 7W · 2D · 9L

OPPONENT H/A SCORE RESULT

Leinster Rugby 16 May 2026 A 14–68 L Scarlets 9 May 2026 H 27–20 W Cardiff Rugby 24 Apr 2026 A 21–24 L Sharks 18 Apr 2026 H 21–17 W Connacht Rugby 28 Mar 2026 A 14–21 L Benetton Treviso 21 Mar 2026 A 19–31 L Ulster Rugby 28 Feb 2026 H 21–10 W Dragons 31 Jan 2026 H 19–13 W Fidelity ADT Lions 23 Jan 2026 H 24–24 D Cardiff Rugby 1 Jan 2026 H 33–22 W Scarlets 26 Dec 2025 A 26–19 W Munster 20 Dec 2025 H 10–26 L Edinburgh Rugby 29 Nov 2025 A 17–19 L Dragons 25 Oct 2025 A 19–19 D Glasgow Warriors 18 Oct 2025 H 17–42 L Zebre Rugby 11 Oct 2025 H 24–0 W Stormers 3 Oct 2025 A 10–26 L Vodacom Bulls XV 27 Sep 2025 A 40–53 L

Challenge Cup 5P · 2W · 0D · 3L

OPPONENT H/A SCORE RESULT

Ulster Rugby 4 Apr 2026 A 24–28 L Montpellier Hérault Rugby 17 Jan 2026 H 26–31 L Zebre Rugby 11 Jan 2026 A 19–23 L US Montauban 13 Dec 2025 A 33–22 W Connacht Rugby 7 Dec 2025 H 24–21 W

DATA NOTES

Mark Jones has overseen 23 completed Ospreys matches in our database since September 2025 — 9 won, 2 drawn, 12 lost. That is a 39.1% win rate, with 502 points scored and 579 conceded.

Records are computed from the WeTalkRugby match database and cover matches we hold data for within this tenure. They are not an official all-time record.

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Alun Wyn Jones gave up his microphone to join the Ospreys board

August 27, 2026

Coaching career

2024- Ospreys Head Coach

Honours

2020 Super Rugby Aotearoa (Crusaders, defence coach)
2017 WRU National Cup (RGC 1404)

Players under Mark Jones

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Ben Roberts Forward Ben Evans Back

Ben Warren Forward Connor Moyse Back Cameron B Jones Forward Cormac Foley Back

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Dan Edwards Back Dylan James Forward Daniel Kasende Back Efan Daniel Forward Evardi Boshoff Back

About Mark Jones

Mark Jones is the head coach of the Ospreys, taking charge in December 2024 after Toby Booth’s early departure, having already been named as his successor.

Born in Builth Wells in November 1979, he was a wing who made 85 appearances for Llanelli and 77 for the Scarlets region, and won 47 Wales caps between 2001 and 2009, scoring 13 tries.

A coaching career built on defence

Jones was Scarlets skills coach from 2010 to 2015 and interim Wales attack coach during the 2013 Six Nations title campaign. He was head coach at Rotherham Titans and then RGC 1404, winning the WRU National Cup in 2017, and worked as Namibia backs coach in 2019. He moved to New Zealand in 2020 as Crusaders defence coach and Canterbury attack coach, winning Super Rugby Aotearoa, then returned to Worcester Warriors as defence coach until the club’s collapse in 2023. He was interim Wales Under-20 head coach in 2023 before joining the Ospreys as defence coach that July.

The job

He inherits the hardest brief in the league. The WRU confirmed in August 2026 that one Welsh region will be cut by 2028, and every result at Ospreys is now read against that backdrop.