Gethin Jenkins

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Gethin Jenkins

Personal information

Full name

Gethin Jenkins

Date of birth

17 November 1980

Place of birth

Llantwit Fardre, Wales

Height

188 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

120 kg (18 st 13 lb) ^[1]

School(s) attended

Bryn Celynnog

Club information

Position(s)

Loosehead prop

Current club

Cardiff Blues

Youth clubs

Years	Club
	Treorchy

Senior clubs*

Years	Club	Apps (points)
2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2012 2012–2013 2013-	Pontypridd RFC Celtic Warriors Cardiff Blues Toulon Cardiff Blues	62 (0) 126 (25)

Representative teams**

2002–
2005, 2009, 2013

Wales
British and Irish Lions

101 (20)
5 (0)

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.
** Representative team caps and points correct
as of 1 Dec 2013.

Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) is a Wales and British Lions international rugby union player, currently playing for Cardiff Blues. On 30 November 2013 versus Australia he became the most capped forward for Wales, surpassing Martyn Williams record of 100 caps.

Early career

Educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau, Jenkins first played rugby union aged 13 at Beddau RFC based in Pontypridd.

Club career

Jenkins later played for Pontypridd, then for Celtic Warriors before signing for Cardiff Blues. Jenkins joined French Top 14 side Toulon for the 2012-13 season.

He become the ninth Welshman to win a Heineken Cup with Toulon. Jenkins is only the second Welsh player (along with Rob Howley) to win both European cups, after winning the Amlin Challenge Cup in 2010 with the Cardiff Blues and the Heineken Cup with Toulon in 2013.

International career

Wales

Jenkins made his first appearance for Wales against Romania in 2002.^[2] In the 2005 Six Nations Championship he was rated one of the greatest influences in Wales' Grand Slam winning side, scoring a memorable try against Ireland.

In November 2007 he was asked to captain his country against South Africa by Welsh temporary coach Nigel Davies.^[3] His reign as captain would last just one game as in December Wales hired Warren Gatland as coach who gave the captaincy to Ryan Jones. However Jenkins kept his place in the squad solidifying himself as number one choice for the #1 jersey.

Jenkins captained Wales against Australia on 28 November 2009 following the withdrawal of regular captain Ryan Jones from the squad due to injury.^[4]

He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams including Ryan Jones, Adam Jones, Gareth Edwards, Gerald Davies and JPR Williams.^[5] He captained Wales in their last game of the 2013 six nations championship in Cardiff. Wales defeated England 30-3 to win the Championship.

British and Irish Lions

He was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in 2005 and played in all three tests.^[3]^[6]

On 21 April 2009, Jenkins was named as a member of the British and Irish Lions for the 2009 tour to South Africa.^[7]

In June 2009 Jenkins, Adam Jones and Matthew Rees were selected as the British and Irish Lions front row for the second Test against South Africa. This was the first time an all-Welsh front row was selected for a Lions test match since Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith and Courtney Meredith on the 1955 Lions tour.^[8]^[9]

He was selected for the British and Irish Lions for the 2013 tour for the third time, but withdrew due to injury.^[10]

Style

Jenkins usual position is loosehead prop but he has also played in the tighthead prop position.

Rugby league

Jenkins has also played rugby league, making regular appearances for Cardiff Demons in the late 1990s leading them to the 1998 Division Two Academy Grand Final.^[11]

References

↑ "RCT - Rugby Club Toulonnais | site officiel |". Rctoulon.com. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ "Unconvincing Wales See Off Romania - BBC Sport". BBC News. 2002-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jenkins to skipper Wales v Boks – BBC Sport". BBC News. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ "Wales hit by captain Jones injury – BBC Sport". BBC News. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ 18:23 GMT (2012-03-17). "Three Grand Slams". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ 2005 Lions: Where are they now? – Setanta Sports
↑ "Lions Squad Announced – BBC Sport". BBC News. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ "Welsh front row in big push for glory". Lionsrugby.com. 2005-12-19. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ British and Irish Lions Rugby. "Lions 2009: Simon Shaw finally gets call as Lions bulk up for second Test – Telegraph". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ Paul Rees. "Jonny Wilkinson turned down Lions chance, says Warren Gatland". Guardian. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
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External links

v t e Wales squad – 2003 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett Charvis (c) Cockbain Davies Jenkins Jones, A. Jones, Dafydd Jones, Duncan Llewellyn McBryde Popham Sidoli Thomas, I. Thomas, J. Williams, M. Wyatt

Backs	Cooper Evans Harris Jones, M. Jones, S. Morgan Parker Peel Shanklin Sweeney Taylor Thomas Williams, R. Williams, S.

Coach	Hansen

v t e Wales squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bennett Charvis Evans Gough Horsman James, W. Jenkins, Gethin Jones, A. Jones, A. W. Jones, D. Owen Popham Rees Thomas, J. Thomas, R. Williams, M.

Backs	Cooper Hook James, D. Jones, M. Jones, S. Morgan Parker Peel Phillips Robinson Shanklin Sweeney Thomas, G. (c) Williams, S.

Coach	Jenkins, Gareth

v t e Wales squad – 2011 Rugby World Cup Fourth Place

Forwards	Bennett Bevington Burns Charteris B Davies Faletau James Jenkins A Jones A W Jones R Jones Lydiate Mitchell Owens Powell Warburton (c)

Backs	Brew Byrne J Davies Halfpenny Hook S Jones Knoyle North Phillips Priestland Roberts L Williams Scott Williams Shane Williams

Coach	Gatland

v t e British and Irish Lions – 2005 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Back Bulloch Byrne Cockbain Corry Dallaglio Easterby Grewcock Hayes Hill Jenkins Jones, R. Kay Moody O'Callaghan O'Connell O'Kelly Owen Rowntree Shaw Sheridan Stevens Taylor Thompson Titterrell White, Jason White, Julian Williams, M.

Backs	Cooper Cueto Cusiter D'Arcy Dawson Greenwood Henson Hickie Hodgson Jones, S. Horgan Lewsey Murphy O'Driscoll (c) O'Gara Peel Robinson Shanklin Smith Thomas Wilkinson Williams, S.

Coach	Woodward

v t e British and Irish Lions – 2009 South Africa tour

Forwards	Heaslip (Ireland) Powell (Wales) Wallace (Ireland) Ferris (Ireland) Quinlan (Ireland)(Selected but ruled out by ban) Worsley (England) M Williams (Wales) A W Jones (Wales) O'Connell (Captain) (Ireland) O'Callaghan (Ireland) Shaw (England) Hines (Scotland) Jenkins (Wales) A R Jones (Wales) Sheridan (England) Vickery (England) Murray (Scotland) Flannery (Ireland)(Selected but ruled out by injury) Mears (England) Rees (Wales) Croft (England) Ford (Scotland) Hayes (Ireland) Payne (England)

Backs	Byrne (Wales) Kearney (Ireland) S Williams (Wales) Halfpenny (Wales)(Selected but ruled out by injury) Monye (England) Fitzgerald (Ireland) Bowe (Ireland) Shanklin (Wales)(Selected but ruled out by injury) Roberts (Wales) O'Driscoll (Ireland) D'Arcy (Ireland) Earls (Ireland) Flutey (England) O'Gara (Ireland) S Jones (Wales) Phillips (Wales) Ellis (England) O'Leary (Ireland)(Selected but ruled out by injury) Blair (Scotland) Hook (Wales)

Coach	McGeechan (plus Gatland, Edwards and Howley)

v t e British and Irish Lions – 2013 Australia tour

Forwards	Rory Best (Ireland) (Replaced D.Hartley) Dylan Hartley (England) (Ruled out by suspension) Richard Hibbard (Wales) Tom Youngs (England) Dan Cole (England) Alex Corbisiero (England) (Replaced C.Healy) Tom Court (Ireland) (Called up as injury cover) Ryan Grant (Scotland) (Replaced G.Jenkins) Cian Healy (Ireland) (Ruled out by injury) Gethin Jenkins (Wales) (Ruled out by injury) Adam Jones (Wales) Matt Stevens (England) Mako Vunipola (England) Ian Evans (Wales) Richie Gray (Scotland) Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) Paul O'Connell (Ireland) (Ruled out by injury) Geoff Parling (England) Tom Croft (England) Dan Lydiate (Wales) Sean O'Brien (Ireland) Justin Tipuric (Wales) Sam Warburton (C) (Wales) Taulupe Faletau (Wales) Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)

Backs	Conor Murray (Ireland) Mike Phillips (Wales) Ben Youngs (England) Owen Farrell (England) Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) Brad Barritt (England) (Called up as injury cover) Jonathan Davies (Wales) Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) Jamie Roberts (Wales) Manu Tuilagi (England) Billy Twelvetrees (England) (Called up as injury cover) Tommy Bowe (Ireland) Alex Cuthbert (Wales) Sean Maitland (Scotland) George North (Wales) Christian Wade (England) (Called up as injury cover) Shane Williams (Wales (Called up as injury cover) Simon Zebo (Ireland) (Called up as injury cover) Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) Stuart Hogg (Scotland) Rob Kearney (Ireland)

Coach	Warren Gatland (plus Rob Howley, Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Neil Jenkins)

v t e Cardiff Blues squad

Forwards	Andrews Bourrust Breeze Cook Copeland Dacey B Davies T Davies Down Filise Hamilton Harford Hobbs E Jenkins G Jenkins Kyriacou Molitika Navidi Normandale Paulo Pretorius Reed Rees Tamba Trevett Warburton Watts-Jones R Williams Young

Backs	Cuthbert Czekaj L Davies Evans Fish Halfpenny Hewitt Humberstone Jones Lewis Patchell Robinson Smith L Williams O Williams T Williams

Coach	Phil Davies

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, Gethin
Alternative names
Short description	Welsh rugby union player
Date of birth	17 November 1980
Place of birth	Llantwit Fardre, Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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