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Cold shoulder Jones-Hughes barred from European matches
Posted: Friday November 26, 1999 11:47 AM
NEWPORT, Wales (Reuters) -- Australian-born Wales center Jason Jones-Hughes has been told he is ineligible to play for Newport in the European Shield. The Welsh Rugby Union informed the 23-year-old, who made his debut for Wales in the World Cup, that he had missed the November 12 closing date for European registration. Jones-Hughes joined Newport after the Australian Rugby Union and New South Wales finally released him from his contracts. Should Newport qualify from the group stages of the Shield then Jones-Hughes can be nominated by Newport as one of two new players eligible to play from the quarterfinals onwards. Jones-Hughes turned his back on Australia after representing them at every junior international level to play instead for Wales.
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