RIP | Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:15 pm  

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos-mourn-death-of-all-time-great-lewis-jones-aged-92-4542157?fbclid=IwAR3gI4yoExONedA8pQ-bOf-rKwcdHiYzX0IYHRNCHrvpX7eHAYRAvDt77N8

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos-mourn-death-of-all-time-great-lewis-jones-aged-92-4542157?fbclid=IwAR3gI4yoExONedA8pQ-bOf-rKwcdHiYzX0IYHRNCHrvpX7eHAYRAvDt77N8

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:27 pm  

andy20066 wrote: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos-mourn-death-of-all-time-great-lewis-jones-aged-92-4542157?fbclid=IwAR3gI4yoExONedA8pQ-bOf-rKwcdHiYzX0IYHRNCHrvpX7eHAYRAvDt77N8 Perhaps the greatest to ever run out at HQ. Sad.

andy20066 wrote: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos-mourn-death-of-all-time-great-lewis-jones-aged-92-4542157?fbclid=IwAR3gI4yoExONedA8pQ-bOf-rKwcdHiYzX0IYHRNCHrvpX7eHAYRAvDt77N8 Perhaps the greatest to ever run out at HQ. Sad.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:41 pm  

Such sad news to hear about the passing of Lewis Jones.
I have been fortunate over the years to have spoken to him at club functions and he was always such a nice down to earth man.
The Leeds club have definitely lost one of their greatest ever players.
He was always my dads favourite player.

R.I.P Lewis and condolences to his family at this very sad time

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:57 pm  

The Biffs Back wrote:

Such sad news to hear about the passing of Lewis Jones.
I have been fortunate over the years to have spoken to him at club functions and he was always such a nice down to earth man.
The Leeds club have definitely lost one of their greatest ever players.
He was always my dads favourite player.

R.I.P Lewis and condolences to his family at this very sad time

He was me late Dads favourite player too. I met him once when I was guest of my Dad in the taverners and he bought me a pint of Guinness.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:32 pm  

harmless idiot wrote:

He was me late Dads favourite player too. I met him once when I was guest of my Dad in the taverners and he bought me a pint of Guinness.

Its lovely to hear nice tales about players that were playing well before our time but who our dad's used to idolise.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:22 pm  

Indeed. My dad rated Lewis as the best. I remember him cajoling me into getting his autograph when I was about ten.
Another memory was drinking beer after beer with a retired blacksmith in deepest Wales. Steeped in union, he agreed with my dad's view. Beat me at arm wrestling too...not great, given I was in my 20s and he in his 70s. Though I did beat him easy on his other arm, the one he hadn't been using to hammer iron for decades. A great night spent talking about greats of both codes.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:38 pm  

My boyhood hero rest well Lewis jones

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:11 pm  

My dad first took me to Headingley in1952 when we signed Lewis. Greatest player ever to play either code. Plus a true gentleman, I feel privileged to have seen him at his best.
Deepest sympathy to his family
R.I.P.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:16 pm  

I’m actually really sad at this news, he was a link to a generation that have all but gone now, and he’s gone to join that great rugby team in the sky. A genuine legend of the club and the game, and quite a Maths Teacher too.

RIP Lewis Jones, the King of Rugger.

Re: RIP Lewis Jones : Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:20 am  

My childhood hero.
Lewis Jones set many records, but my overwhelming memory of watching him was the way he was able to make the impossible appear both graceful and effortless.
Rest in peace Maestro.