Alun Wyn Jones, the former Wales and British & Irish Lions captain and the world’s most capped ever player, has announced his international retirement, drawing an end to one of the most storied Test careers in the sport’s history.
Jones announced his decision on Friday, stating that, at 37 and with 170 international caps to his name, he was “stepping away”.
With the flanker Justin Tipuric also announcing his international retirement, Warren Gatland has been dealt a huge double blow before Wales’s World Cup campaign.
Both players had been named this month in Gatland’s preliminary 54-man squad for the World Cup but have now ruled themselves out of contention for the tournament in France this year.
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