David Jones ( rugby ) David " Tarw " Jones ( 1881 - 21 January 1933 ) ( also known as Dai Jones ) was a Welsh dual - code international rugby union and rugby league footballer . He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in a game considered one of the greatest in the history of rugby union . Jones is the only Welsh player to have been part of a team to have beaten the All Blacks in the union and league game and is the second dual - code international rugby player from the Northern Hemisphere . David Jones gained his nickname Tarw ( Welsh for bull ) from his imposing stature ; standing at 6 ’ 1 ’ ’ and weighing almost 16 stone . A collier from Aberaman who later became a policeman before becoming a collier once more , he played club rugby as a forward for Treherbert RFC and then later Aberdare , before switching back to Treherbert . In his later life he was caught in a scandal which saw him banned from rugby union and forced his switch to rugby league . Rugby union career . Jones was one of a line of players chosen from clubs in the South Wales valleys to bolster the Welsh forward pack . His first international game was at the age of 20 against England after impressing during a trial at Treherbert in 1901 and he would represent his country on another twelve occasions . Jones was a powerful man with a heavy tackle and was used as an impact player ; although recognised as a lock forward his international career saw him play in several positions including one game where he was given the number 8 shirt against Ireland in 1905 . Jones was part of a very successful Welsh team and was part of two Triple Crown winning sides . The greatest moment in Jones ' international career came in 1905 when he was chosen to face ' The Original ' All Blacks in the New Zealanders first tour . The All Blacks had already played 27 games without loss , defeating the best British county and club teams as well as the England , Scottish and Irish national teams . Wales were the present Triple Crown holders and undefeated in the last year and the game was built into a major contest by the press , some going as far as calling it " The Game of the Century " . Although reported as limping earlier in the week , Jones played his part in a hard fought game , and along with Arthur Harding followed a clear tactical game to give Wales a clear advantage . The All Blacks had proven incredibly strong in their previous games in their scrummage tactics , using seven men instead of the usual eight , but using a wedge formation to force their opponents back and then use the additional man to great advantage when the ball was eventually released . Harding had played the All Blacks earlier in the tour , when he faced them with county side Middlesex , and this insight may have explained the Welsh tactic . The Welsh also used a seven man scrummage pack , but with Jones and Harding staying mobile behind the pack switching sides to prevent the wedge push . The Welsh would eventually win by the narrowest of margins , 3 - 0 . Five days after facing New Zealand for Wales , Jones was selected to face the same touring side as part of the Glamorgan County team . The county team was poorly represented , as several players from the victorious Wales team had promised to play but eventually dropped out , until only Jones , Will Joseph and Jack Williams remained . The team played well , with some excellent play from Cardiff ' s Reggie Gibbs . Jones himself was at the centre of two excellent moves ; winning a line out and then placing an overhead punt , which Billy Pullen failed to handle correctly at the try line ; and his own charge to the line which was just brought short of a try . Glamorgan eventually lost three tries to nil . Jones would play his last rugby union game for Wales against South Africa in 1906 . As part of the Glamorgan County side , Jones had played very well in the sides narrow loss to the South Africans ; but in the international he looked tired and ragged , and his normal excellent scrummaging was poor . He retired from the field early , his Wales union career over at the age of just 25 . International rugby union matches . Wales Scandal . After Jones ' international career he would find himself caught up in a scandal surrounding professionalism . Jones was thought to have returned to Treherbert after his weekly payment from Aberdare was cut from 10 to 5 shillings . An ex - secretary of Aberdare told the press that Jones had received payment from the club , which was against amateur union rules . In 1907 , after an investigation from the Welsh Rugby Union , Jones was banned from playing rugby union for life . There are further reports of incidents involving Jones , both on and off the pitch , which help to explain his unconventional character . One story is told that while serving as a police officer in Treherbert he became annoyed with an inspector , Jones reportedly removed his tunic , grabbed hold of the inspector and forcibly ejected him from the station . Another occasion saw him disciplined by the police force for selling raffle tickets while still on duty . Dual rugby code international . After being banned from playing under union rules , Jones joined professional league team Merthyr Tydfil RLFC and made national representative appearances for Wales in rugby league . His appearance in the first ever full international played against a visiting southern hemisphere side - the New Year ' s Day 1908 Test against the All Golds at Aberdare saw him become Wales ' , and the Northern Hemisphere ' s second dual - code rugby international , just three years after fellow Rhondda player Jack Rhapps . Played on a near frozen pitch , the game was a close match , with Jones scoring a try just minutes before the final whistle , which gave Wales the victory . This result made Jones the first player to play in winning teams against New Zealand under both league and union codes . On 25 January , just over three weeks later , Jones faced the New Zealand All Golds again , this time representing the Great Britain team . Jones was the only representative from a Welsh club in the British team , with the game played at Headingley in Leeds . The British were victorious , 14 - 6 , and Jones was reselected for the second test against the New Zealand team on 8 February . Great Britain lost the second test , and Jones was not a part of the British team for the third and final test . Later life . Jones became a publican and ran two pubs , the Eagle Hotel in Aberdare and the Castle Hotel in Treherbert . He would later fight in World War I as a member of the Welsh Guards but was wounded badly at the Battle of the Somme , leaving injuries that effected his health throughout the rest of his life . In 1933 David Jones died in Aberdare , South Wales .