SCOTLAND international Lee Jones has signed a new two-year deal with Glasgow Warriors.
The 28-year-old winger committed his future to the club on Friday after spending the last three seasons at Scotstoun.
Jones, who has four caps for Scotland, has made 49 appearances for the Warriors including 11 this season, and will remain with the Pro12 outfit until at least May 2019.
He is the 13th player to pen a new deal with Glasgow, following the likes of Stuart Hogg, Alex Dunbar and Tommy Seymour, as the squad for next season continues to take shape.
Speaking to glasgowwarriors.org, he said: “It’s great to get my new contract signed and to know I’ll be at Glasgow Warriors for another couple of years.
“It’s been a great club for me and it’s a club which is ambitious, so I’m pleased to be involved for another two seasons.
“To be in the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Champions Cup is massive. As a player you want to be playing at the highest level, so for me it has been really pleasing to get a good run of games in our Champions Cup matches this season and play a part in helping the club qualify for the knockout stages.
“It’s great to see a number of guys commit themselves to the club. It’s a brilliant place to be as we have massive aspirations and the club is always pushing forward. So for those guys to stay on and with new guys coming in as well, it continues to be an exciting time for the club.
“Dave Rennie has been a successful coach in Super Rugby and he will bring a fresh look. It’s exciting to see what he can bring to the club next season.
“I want to be involved as much as possible and really contribute to what can be a successful team.”
Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend added: “Lee has played consistently well for the club and is in the best physical shape of his career.
“He had some cracking performances in Europe this season and is one of our hardest working players on and off the field.
“He’s an important member of our squad and it’s great news that he has decided to extend his stay in Glasgow.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here