ChrisJones
Rugby union correspondent for BBC Sport. Commentator on 5 Live. Co-host of Rugby Union Weekly. Lifelong rugby obsessive.
- BBC Sport
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- Rugby Union Weekly
- Six Nations
- Rugby World Cup
- British and Irish Lions
- Nations Championship
- The Prem
- Red Roses
- Champions Cup
Three ways to hear the game
Commentary on the big days, the news in between and a weekly natter with mates who happen to have played at the highest level.
The voice on 5 Live
Leading BBC Radio 5 Live's commentary on the Six Nations and calling the biggest Tests, from World Cups to Lions tours.
Chris on BBC Sport
Rugby Union Weekly
The BBC's rugby pod with Ugo Monye, Danny Care and Chris Ashton. Bickering, tangents and the biggest names in the game.
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The correspondent
Selection news, big interviews and analysis across BBC radio, television and online, from Twickenham to the far side of the world.
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On the road
Gantries, mixed zones, tunnel interviews and the occasional café in France. A few snaps from the job.
Same game, every level. From the club pitch to Twickenham.
From the club pitch to Twickenham
Five games, five last kicks. You are two points down every time, so put it over and you win the game. Three lives a game. Tap once to set your line, then again to set your power.
Rugby Union Weekly
The BBC's rugby podcast. Chris brings the news and the notes, the boys bring the stories and everyone brings an opinion.
Through the Prem, the Champions Cup, the Six Nations, the summer tours and the World Cups, with players, coaches and the people who run the game dropping in along the way.
- Sept 2026Conor O'Shea, the RFU's performance director, on Borthwick's contract, the overseas rule and the Red Roses
- Sept 2026Prem players special with Fin Smith, Louis Rees-Zammit and Jack van Poortvliet
- Summer 2026The new Nations Championship, week by week
Every Test starts at a club
Every player Chris has interviewed in a Twickenham tunnel started somewhere muddy on a Sunday morning. Clubs are always after players, coaches, referees and people to run the bar. Find yours.
About Chris
Chris has spent his career about as close to professional rugby as you can get without a gumshield.
He joined the BBC not long after university and is now BBC Sport's rugby union correspondent, covering the game across radio, television and online. He leads BBC Radio 5 Live's Six Nations commentary, has called Rugby World Cup matches and reports from British and Irish Lions tours.
Away from the big days he co-hosts Rugby Union Weekly with Ugo Monye, Danny Care and Chris Ashton, one of the most listened to rugby podcasts in the country.
Rugby is home but it is not the only sport on his CV. In his career Chris has also covered Premier League and FA Cup football, six Open Championships, two US Opens, a Ryder Cup and five Wimbledons. He is also the rowing commentator for 5 Live's Olympics coverage. He was named the Sports Journalists' Association Commentator of the Year in 2024.
- Day jobRugby union correspondent, BBC Sport
- On the micBBC Radio 5 Live commentary
- The podRugby Union Weekly, with Ugo Monye, Danny Care and Chris Ashton
- AwardSJA Commentator of the Year, 2024
- Favourite callEngland 38 Scotland 38. Twickenham, 2019
Get in touch
A story from your club, a guest idea for the pod, a media enquiry or just a thought on Saturday's game. Drop Chris a line.
