Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jason Howell Jenkins | ||
Born |
Pretoria, South Africa |
2 December 1995 ||
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 124 kg (19 st 7 lb) | ||
School(s) attended | St. Alban's College | ||
University | University of Pretoria | ||
Club information | |||
Playing position | Lock | ||
Current club | Bulls / Blue Bulls | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | Blue Bulls | ||
Amateur team(s) | |||
Years | Team | ||
2015 | UP Tuks | 1 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
2015–present | Blue Bulls | 8 | (10) |
2016–present | Bulls | 13 | (5) |
Representative team(s)‡ | |||
2015 | South Africa Under-20 | 5 | (15) |
2016 | South Africa 'A' | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2016. |
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 25 October 2016.
† Appearances (Points).
Jason Howell Jenkins (born Pretoria, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the Bulls. His regular position is lock.
2 December 1995 inAfter completing high school at St. Alban's College in Pretoria, Jenkins joined the Blue Bulls Academy. He established himself in the Blue Bulls U19 squad that participated in the 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship, appearing in all fourteen of their matches in the competition and starting thirteen of those. He scored tries in their matches against the Sharks U19s and the Western Province U19s to help the Blue Bulls finish top of the log to qualify for the semi-finals. He helped the Blue Bulls to a 43–20 victory in their semi-final match against the Sharks U19s and he also started the final, where the Blue Bulls lost 26–33 to Western Province.
In 2015, Jenkins was named in the UP Tuks squad for the 2015 Varsity Cup competition. He make one appearance, playing off the bench in a 63–8 victory over the CUT Ixias.
Jenkins was named in a 37-man South Africa Under-20 training squad and appeared for them as a replacement in a 31–24 victory in a friendly match against a Varsity Cup Dream Team that was named at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup competition. He was then named in their squad to tour Argentina for a two-match series as preparation for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship. He started their 25–22 victory over Argentina in the first match, as well as 39–28 win in the second match four days later.