A Welshman not watching the rugby

Simon Jones has almost had as many injuries as he's played Tests, but after another lengthy period on the sidelines he is targeting his latest return - for Glamorgan and England. He has been pounding the sand dunes on the Wales coastline after knee surgery by Richard Steadman in America. But he is realistic about the coming months as he tells Steve James in The Guardian.

Many feared his latest setback might spell a premature end to a career that had reached a world-class level all too briefly. "That never crossed my mind. Steadman always said that I had a great chance of playing again," says Jones, "I went back to see him in October and he went inside again and was very happy with how it was coming along. I don't even have to see him again."