Gwenllian Jenkins

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Gwenllian Jenkins
Date of birth (2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 23)
Place of birthCarmarthen, Wales
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Scarlets
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Lampeter Town ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Scarlets ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019– Wales 3

Gwenllian Jenkins (born 20 November 2000) is a Welsh Rugby Union player who plays prop for the Wales women's national rugby union team[1] and Scarlets.[2] She made her debut for the Wales national squad in 2019,[3] and represented them at the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[4]

Club career[edit]

Jenkins plays for Lampeter Town RFC[5] and Scarlets.[2]

International career[edit]

Jenkins first played on the international stage during the 2019 Autumn Internationals, where she won two caps.[3] She was then called up in 2021[6] to represent Wales during the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.[4]

She has won three caps in her rugby career to date.[1]

Personal life[edit]

As a child, Welsh-speaking Jenkins attended Ysgol Bro Pedr, before undertaking an apprenticeship in outdoor activities with national voluntary youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gwenllian Jenkins". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "Gwenllian Jenkins". Scarlets Rugby. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. ^ a b "Former Amman Valley trio are named in Wales' Six Nations squad". South Wales Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. ^ a b "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. ^ "Lampeter Town RFC". Lampeter Town RFC. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  6. ^ "Four Chiefs named in Welsh training squad". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  7. ^ "Urdd Gobaith Cymru / May 2020 (2)". www.urdd.cymru. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

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