{{Short description|English rugby footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |first = RU |name = Jon Scales |fullname = Jonathan Scales |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|7|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England<ref>{{cite web|title=Jon Scales|url=http://www.yorkshirecarnegie.com/rugby/yorkshire_carnegie_first_xv.php?player=11433&includeref=dynamic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101937/http://www.yorkshirecarnegie.com/rugby/yorkshire_carnegie_first_xv.php?player=11433&includeref=dynamic|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|publisher=Yorkshire Carnegie|accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> |death_date = |height = |weight = |position = {{rlp|WG}} |club1 = Leeds |year1start = 1993 |year1end = 95 |appearances1 = |tries1 = |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = |club2 = Bradford Bulls |year2start = 1995 |year2end = 98 |appearances2 = |tries2 = |goals2 = |fieldgoals2 = |points2 = |club3 = Halifax Blue Sox |year3start = 2000 |year3end = |appearances3 = 1 |tries3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 0 |ru_position = Wing |ru_club1 = Newcastle Gosforth |ru_year1start = 19?? |ru_year1end = 93 |ru_appearances1 = |ru_tries1 = |ru_goals1 = |ru_fieldgoals1 = |ru_points1 = |ru_club2 = Leeds Tykes |ru_year2start = 1999 |ru_year2end = |ru_appearances2 = 11 |ru_tries2 = 10 |ru_goals2 = 0 |ru_fieldgoals2 = 0 |ru_points2 = 50 |new = yes |retired = yes |source = <ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jonathan-scales/summary.html rugbyleagueproject.org]</ref> }}
'''Jon Scales''' (born 28 July 1974) is an English former rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newcastle Gosforth and Leeds Tykes, as a wing, and club level rugby league (RL) for Leeds, Bradford Bulls and Halifax Blue Sox, as a {{rlp|wg}}.
==Career== Scales started his career in rugby union with Newcastle Gosforth before switching to rugby league to sign for Leeds in March 1993.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Rugby League: Bateman recalled by Britain|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-bateman-recalled-by-britain-1500917.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby-league-bateman-recalled-by-britain-1500917.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|accessdate=28 July 2014|date=30 March 1993}}</ref> He failed to establish a place in the first team, and moved to the Bradford Bulls in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hadfield|first1=Dave|title=Centenary waits for the revolution|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/centenary-waits-for-the-revolution-1596800.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/centenary-waits-for-the-revolution-1596800.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|accessdate=28 July 2014|date=18 August 1995}}</ref> In 1996, he scored a hat trick in the Challenge Cup semi final in a 28–6 victory over former club Leeds.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=John|title=Scal-Ectric; Leeds 'reject' Jon's hat-trick revenge.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SCAL-ECTRIC%3B+Leeds+%60reject%27+Jon%27s+hat-trick+revenge.-a061177830|accessdate=28 July 2014|newspaper=The People|date=24 March 1996|location=London}}</ref> He also scored in the final against St. Helens but the team went on to lose 32–40. He left the club at the end of the 1998's Super League III, and switched back to rugby union to play for Leeds Tykes. He later had a spell playing rugby union in France.
In 2000, he spent a month on trial at Halifax Blue Sox, but made just one first team appearance before being released.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sox End Scales Shay Trial Time|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/sox-end-scales-shay-trial-time-1-1993649|website=Halifax Courier|accessdate=28 July 2014|date=27 July 2000}}</ref> He returned to rugby union to play for Sedgley Park.
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