{"id":4487,"date":"2015-02-17T10:56:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4487"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T10:56:14","slug":"cardiff-blues-confirm-watts-jones-retirement-from-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/17\/cardiff-blues-confirm-watts-jones-retirement-from-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Blues confirm Watts-Jones&#039; retirement from Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_blues_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-4506 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_blues_web.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffblues.com\/images\/structure\/text\/0.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"290\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-4506 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PM_blues_web.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffblues.com\/images\/structure\/text\/0.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"290\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nCardiff Blues have confirmed their back-row, Rory Watts-Jones, has retired with immediate effect on medical grounds.<br \/>\nThe 26-year-old has called time on his professional career following a concussion-related injury he suffered in November. After a specialist review and a period of recovery supervised by the Cardiff Blues medical team, Watts-Jones was advised to retire with his long-term health being made the highest priority.<br \/>\nMark Hammett, Director of Rugby for Cardiff Blues, said: \u201cRory has been an important and popular member of the squad at Cardiff Blues over the last three seasons. He has always worked tirelessly and put his body on the line for the cause.<br \/>\n\u201cThe medical team have worked closely with Rory and his long-term health has always been our utmost priority.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s always sad to see a player retire at such a young age, but I know Rory has made the right decision for his future. We will continue to support him during this transitional period.<br \/>\n\u201cI know everyone connected with Cardiff Blues \u2013 players, staff and supporters alike \u2013 will join me in thanking him for his services to the region and wish him every success for the future.\u201d<br \/>\nFlanker Watts-Jones is a product of Cowbridge Comprehensive School and broke into the Cardiff Blues team during the 2012\/13 season, making his debut against Connacht in September 2012.<br \/>\nThe 26-year-old made 31 appearances for Blues with his last appearance coming against Newcastle Falcons in the LV=Cup when he scored a decisive try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Blues have confirmed their back-row, Rory Watts-Jones, has retired with immediate effect on medical grounds. The 26-year-old has called time on his professional career following a concussion-related injury he suffered in November. After a specialist review and a period of recovery supervised by the Cardiff Blues medical team, Watts-Jones was advised to retire with his long-term health being made the highest priority. Mark Hammett, Director of Rugby for Cardiff Blues, said: \u201cRory has been an important and popular member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":4506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4,292],"tags":[1291,898,2471,2472,2473,2474,154,339],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","category-uncategorized","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-blues","tag-concussion","tag-flanker","tag-injury","tag-retired","tag-rugby-2","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Blues confirm Watts-Jones&#039; retirement from Rugby - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/17\/cardiff-blues-confirm-watts-jones-retirement-from-rugby\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff Blues confirm Watts-Jones&#039; retirement from Rugby - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff Blues have confirmed their back-row, Rory Watts-Jones, has retired with immediate effect on medical grounds. 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