Neil jenkins rugby biography
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A two-time tourist as a player, Neil Jenkins will be coaching on his fourth British & Irish Lions Tour in South Africa having been part of the backroom team in , and
The Welsh international donned the famous Lions jersey in and , making 12 appearances in total, while he finished his career with 87 caps for his country. Jenkins scored 1, points for Wales during his career and was rugby union’s leading points at the time of his retirement with 1, in total, which included 41 for the Lions.
Wales’ highest ever points scorer and the first player to score 1, international points, he played in a total of nine Five Nations Championships, two Six Nations and two Rugby World Cups. Had he not used a magnetic coil on his arm, Jenkins would have likely missed the Lions’ tour of South Africa after he broke his forearm in that year’s Five Nations. His place was in doubt until the day before departure but the fly-half turned full-back kicked 24 points in a Test warm-up against Natal to get the nod at full-back for the series opener.
Jenkins went on to score 15 points in each of the first and second Tests and 11 in the third, kicking the Lions to a famous series victory over the Springboks. He made one Test appearance four years later in Australia and has been
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Neil Jenkins Bio
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Neil Jenkins
Born in Church Village, Wales, Jenkins made appearances for Pontypridd amassing 3, points. He went onto play for Cardiff and Celtic Warriors at the inception of regional rugby before retiring in
He made his international debut for Wales in against England in the Wales starting line-up, from there on in, he was a mainstay in the No jersey for his country providing thrills, spills, eleven tries, ten drop goals, two hundred and thirty-five penalties and one hundred and thirty conversions along the way, not to mention the forty-one points gained as a British & Irish Lion. His grand total tally for Wales;
Upon his retirement, he was rugby union’s leading points scorer on in total (which included 41 for the British & Irish Lions) and he held that record until the England v Scotland RBS Six Nations clash in where Jonny Wilkinson’s first-half penalty saw him move into the lead with He earned a total of 87 caps for his country. He toured South Africa and Australia with the British and Irish Lions earning four further test caps.
It was the ice-cool nature of Jenkins’s kicking ability that became a hallmark of his play, holding his composure in the tightest of moments. It may have been Scott Gibbs that