ALUN WYN JONES is looking to become the first rugby player to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award since Jonny Wilkinson in 2003.

The Welsh skipper is among the six nominees in the running for the accolade in Aberdeen on Sunday, with Raheem Sterling, Lewis Hamilton and Dina Asher-Smith also hoping to lift the coveted trophy.

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Jones helped Wales reach the semi-finals of the World Cup in Japan, while also becoming the country's most capped player - currently sitting on 134 - and winning the Six Nations Grand Slam.

And now looks to top off a magical year with the SPOTY award, where wife Anwen will be cheering him on.

Anwen Jones, nee Rees, is definitely going for most intelligent WAG, with rugby captain's wife a doctor of physiology.

After gaining her PhD in 2012, she became a lecturer of Physiology and Health at the Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Yet, she is not finished there, also helping the sport's side - having previously been a track athlete.

She was a Welsh 400m hurdles champion at Under-23 level while also competing at university and senior level - before packing her sporting career in to focus on studies.

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The couple married on June 29, 2014.

They live in the Cardiff area - despite Jones playing for Swansea-based Ospreys.

Alun Wyn and Anwen Jones share two daughters together, with Mali born in June 2015.

Efa came along three years later in April 2018.

The Welsh rugby skipper regularly shares moments with his kids on the pitch, while also posting photos of his time with the girls on Instagram in between fixtures.

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