Lewis Jones

NAME: Lewis Jones

DOB: 13/06/1972

BIRTHPLACE: Northampton

JOB TITLE: Club Doctor and Clinical Governance Lead

DATE JOINED CHIEFS: 2005

ABOUT LEWIS: Having trained in Bristol university qualifying in 1995, Lewis trained in Emergency Medicine in a number of hospitals in the South West. 

He became involved in sports medicine, initially in 2000, and then worked for a season at Plymouth Albion during his final year of training.

He was appointed a consultant at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in the Emergency Department in 2005, joining  and the Chiefs medical team at this time. 

As well as working for the Chiefs, the Welshman has worked for the RFU, WRU and World Rugby as a trainer on their pitchside trauma care courses. He has also been the match-day doctor at the Rugby World Cup in 2015, Under 20’s World Cup in 2016, as well as regularly filling this role for fixtures at Twickenham Stadium.

Lewis has also been the clinical lead of the Emergency Department of RD&E Hospital for the last year.