Stacey Jones

Stacey Jones
ONZM

Personal information
Full name	Stacey William Jones[1]
Born	(1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Five-eighth
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994 Auckland City 16 6 0 1 25 1995–05 Auckland Warriors 238 75 171 12 654 2006–07 Catalans Dragons 45 12 49 4 150 2009 New Zealand Warriors 23 2 5 2 20 Total 322 95 225 19 849 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994 Auckland 1 0 0 0 0 1994 New Zealand Māori 1995–06 New Zealand 48 17 50 2 170
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2022 New Zealand Warriors 11 2 0 9 18 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2019 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 1 0 2024– New Zealand 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3] As of 26 June 2022

Stacey William Jones ONZM (born 7 May 1976) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer, who has been named amongst the greatest New Zealand has ever produced. He is currently the head coach of New Zealand national team. He played as a halfback, but he has also briefly played at five-eighth during his distinguished career, which includes 46 Tests for New Zealand (1995–2006). Stacey Jones is the first and only life member of the New Zealand Warriors club whose records for most appearances, tries and points he held at the time of his retirement.

Jones' vision and ability to control the game when his team was on attack earned him the sobriquet "the little general", a reference also to his small stature in comparison to that of most rugby league players. Jones was often able to find players with a high bombing kick at either sides of the field or place a sneaky through ball for oncoming players to pounce on.

He's the epitome of a New Zealand champion.

— New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on Jones, 2005^[4]