Jamie Daniel Peter Jones-BuchananMBE (born 1 August 1981) is a British rugby league coach and former professional player. He was briefly the interim head coach for Leeds in the Super League XXVII season.
A second-row forward, he played for his entire professional career with Leeds, winning seven Super League Grand Finals, three World Club Challenges, three League Leaders' Shields and one Challenge Cup Final with the club. He played for England and Great Britain at international level.[6][5]
This was followed by the Leeds club becoming the first team in the Super League era to win three titles in a row as they defeated St Helens once again at Old Trafford winning 18-10.[15]
Jones-Buchanan did not enjoy the same level of success in the Challenge Cup however. Having lost to Hull F.C. in 2005, Jones-Buchanan started all three of Leeds successive losses at Wembley between 2010 and 2012.
However, along with team mates Kevin Sinfield, Danny McGuire, Rob Burrow and Ryan Bailey he continued his period of unprecedented success in the Grand Final. All five players, who had emerged from the club's academy would go on to win six Grand Finals together defeating old foes St. Helens in 2011[21] before over turning Warrington in the 2012 Super League Grand Final when Leeds made more history by winning the title after finishing fifth two years running.[22] As well as winning back to back titles, the Leeds side had also started 2012 by becoming World Champions for a third time as they defeated Manly at a sold out Headingley in the 2012 World Club Challenge.[23]
He is married to Emma Jones-Buchanan, whom he met when he was 14, and has four children. He is a devout Christian and attends church on Sundays.[37] He has also supported the White Ribbon Campaign, a charity that encourages men to challenge violence against women.[38]
Away from rugby, Jamie is a huge part of his local community in Leeds. He regularly attends Christian worship across the country to speak about his own life journey and is a trustee of the Leeds Rhinos Foundation, the charitable trust who work in the Leeds community.[39] He was also a governor at his former school Priesthorpe School in Leeds but is no more.[40]
Media
A number of years ago, Jones-Buchanan began an interest in journalism and reporting on sport and Rugby League in general. What began as a blog on the Rhinos official website soon became a monthly column in Rugby League magazine Rugby League World. From here Jones-Buchanan joined forces with childhood friend Alex Simmons on a new TV and radio project called Rugby AM. He joined the Rugby AM team in December 2013 and has been ever-present since, putting in an incredible amount of hard work in his spare time to help Rugby AM grow. When he is not playing or training, it is likely you will see JJB doing some form of work for Rugby AM.[41]
In 2016, Jones-Buchanan took on another new role, that of acting. Jones-Buchanan made his stage début in the Red Ladder Theatre Company production Leeds Lads. Fans had a chance to see Jamie in the play which ran between Friday 17 June 2016 and Saturday 25 June 2016 at the Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds.[42]