{{short description|Wales international rugby union footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Nathan Rocyn-Jones | image = | caption = | birth_name = David Nathan Rocyn-Jones | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|7|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Abertillery]], [[Wales]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|01|26|1902|7|17|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Ribchester]], [[England]] | height = | weight = | position = [[Rugby union positions#15. Fullback|Fullback]] | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = [[Newport RFC]] | amatteam2 = [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge University]] | amatteam3 = St. Mary's Hospital | ru_amclubcaps = | ru_amclubpoints = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]]<ref>[http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=26289&includeref=dynamic Welsh Rugby Union player profiles]</ref> | repyears1 = 1925 | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = | relatives = Sir [[David Rocyn-Jones]], father | university = Cambridge University }}
'''Nathan Rocyn-Jones''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRCS}} (17 July 1902 – 26 January 1984) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] international [[rugby union]] full back who played club rugby for [[Newport RFC|Newport Rugby Football Club]] and represented [[Cambridge University R.U.F.C.|Cambridge]]. He won a single cap for [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]] and after retiring from playing rugby became President of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]].
==Rugby career== Rocyn-Jones came from a long-line of medical practitioners and his father, Sir [[David Rocyn-Jones]] was [[Medical Officer for Health]] for Monmouthshire. While studying medicine at Cambridge, Rocyn-Jones represented the University, but it was while at [[St Mary's Hospital, London]], would gain his one and only cap for Wales, when he was selected to face Ireland as part of the [[1925 Five Nations Championship]]. The game took place at [[Ravenhill Stadium|Ravenhill]], Belfast, and Wales were led by [[Llanelli RFC|Llanelli's]] [[Idris Jones (chemist)|Idris Jones]]. Wales were outclassed and lost 19-3.
Although Rocyn-Jones did not play for Wales again, he served the club later in his career, when, like his father before him, he was made President of the Welsh Rugby Union. His presidency lasted a year, but his time coincided with the 1964-65 [[Triple Crown (rugby union)|Triple Crown]] winning team. During his presidency, Rocyn-Jones clashed with the Welsh selectors, which included past Welsh players like [[Cliff Jones (rugby union)|Cliff Jones]], [[Harry Bowcott]] and [[Rees Stephens]], over the nature of the Welsh play. Rocyn-Jones believed that the game was "essentially played for enjoyment and that too much emphasis could be placed on technical and tactical skill" .<ref name="Smith368">Smith (1980), pg 368.</ref>
===International matches played=== '''Wales'''<ref name="Smith467">Smith (1980), pg 467.</ref> *{{ru|IRE}} 1925
== Bibliography == * {{cite book |last=Smith |first=David |author2=Williams, Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3 }}
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