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Wales and Lions centre Jonathan Davies calls time on rugby career

BOD and Jonathan Davies embrace (Photo by David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images)

Former Wales, British and Irish Lions and Scarlets centre Jonathan Davies has announced his retirement from professional rugby.

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The 36-year-old, who left the Scarlets after the 2023-24 season, confirmed that he will now focus on his family life after stepping away from the game.

‘Foxy’ made 209 appearances for the Scarlets across two spells, scoring 55 tries. He earned 96 caps for Wales and represented the British and Irish Lions on two tours. In 2017, he was named player of the series during the Lions’ tour to New Zealand.

In a statement posted on Instagram, Davies said: “”After taking time away from the game following the end of my last season with the Scarlets, I have come to the decision to call time on my professional rugby career.”

“I have enjoyed a break and a summer at home with my family, and been lucky enough to spend quality time with my newborn son, alongside my wife, as we embark on this new chapter together as parents.”

He added: “I will inevitably miss the camaraderie of training and playing competitively alongside my team mates, but over these past few months, I have been able to assess all of my options and reflect on a career of which I am incredibly proud.”

Davies captained Wales on four occasions and won two Grand Slams and two Six Nations titles. He played in two World Cups and helped the Scarlets win the Pro12 title in the 2016-17 season. Davies also spent two years playing for French side Clermont Auvergne.

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Nah, if you see some picture of a way to blame Dmac rather than the whole team who were slacking and just getting beat by an Argentina team that was up for it then you've got unconscious bias I'm afraid.


The coaching staff (and the team as they had done throughout Fosters era) did just not get them in the right frame of mind. They slackened off after two intense English tests and were slow to build back up into test match intensity after the San Diego run around. You can view that Wellington loss as akin to what went on in Chicago in 2016, it was just delayed a couple of weeks in this instance.


Good reminder of what game management is, unfortunately it doesn't cover all the bases and is missing pivotal parts of lethality.


I think you're misunderstanding the argument, this is about Dmac, not the team, and about his idea of game management, not his application. In none of the games this year, including this weekends one, has he done relentless execution of the basics. His conservative game was neither shrewd or accurate.


The difference here is perspective. You see a win and you want to apply credit, just as you saw a lose and want to apply blame. Dmac's game management in both circumstances was very similar, just in this game I felt that pressure to concentrate on it caused him a few more errors in that application for no real gain in that area, and a much more ineffective attack stop the team from making it a very comfortable game.


The other difference is you a way overplaying Irelands performance imo. They were pathetic. Even in the start of the 2nd when they were trying to get points with the card it felt comfortable they weren't going to have what it takes even if they fixed their error rate. That was the first Bled test where Dmac nearly singlehandedly took an unbeatable 50 lead, a great example of good game management that again just didn't come off. Those tests were not 12 tests ago. Twelve tests ago he was running England around like he'd been in the jersey his whole career. We didn't break any record, the streak is a figment of Irelands imagination to desperately show how good they are to the world. You've been caught hook line and sinker in all these topics sadly.

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