20 Facts About Jon Wells

Jon Matthew Wells was born on 23 September 1978 and is an English rugby league pundit who was the Director of Rugby at the Castleford Tigers in the Super League and a former professional rugby league footballer.

Jon Wells debuted at Super League level in 1997, making his final appearance in 2009.

Jon Wells started as an occasional Sky Sports rugby league pundit in 2011 but became a regular.

Jon Wells ran a hotel with his wife for a few years and then went onto start a gym in the Harrogate area which is still the case as of 2019.

Jon Wells was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England and played for Sharlston Rovers as an amateur Rugby League player.

Jon Wells is currently living with his 2 daughters and wife.

Jon Wells was signed by the Castleford Tigers and played in the first team from 1998 onwards.

Jon Wells obtained a Law Degree and a master's degree in Criminal Justice Studies during his time at the Tigers.

Jon Wells decided to sign for the Castleford Tigers' main rivals, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, who had finished 11th, on a two-year contract for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

However, the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats remained 11th out of 12, losing 20 out of 28 games in the 2003 Super League VIII and Jon Wells scored only one try in his 25 games, back in round 3.

Jon Wells had a good strike rate in his early years at the London Broncos; he scored 8 tries for the London Broncos in 22 games in 2004 and followed that up in 2005 with 13 tries in 27 games in all competitions.

Jon Wells played just six games in 2006 for Harlequins RL, scoring a single try.

In 2008, Jon Wells scored 2 tries in 19 appearances and the last try of his career was against the Hull Kingston Rovers on 5 April 2008.

Jon Wells had three exceptional seasons on the try scoring front where he scored about a try every two games; the other seasons he would score a handful of tries and he had four disappointing seasons where he scored two or less tries.

Jon Wells signed a new contract but at the start of the 2010 Super League XV, he informed Harlequins RL that he was retiring.

Jon Wells made very occasional appearance on Sky Sports from about 2010 onwards, as a guest, mainly when the London Broncos were involved.

Jon Wells was becoming a regular on Sky albeit in a secondary role; mainly doing brief summaries and presenting segments or holding interviews after the game ended, but on most weeks.

Jon Wells was Right Time, Right Place and on TV every week, his profile rose, and on 12 March 2018 he unexpectedly became director of rugby at the Castleford Tigers.

Whilst Rob Purdham was the only player in London's history to be awarded a testimonial for ten years of service to the club it was the case that Jon Wells was awarded a testimonial for 2010, the first player to have been awarded a testimonial by the Rugby Football League whilst representing a club in London.

On 12 March 2018 Jon Wells was announced as director of rugby at his hometown club Castleford Tigers and Sky Sports.