Neil Jenkins
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| Full name | Neil Roger Jenkins | ||||||||||||
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| Nickname | The Ginger Monster / Jenks / Jinks / Wingnut | ||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1971 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Church Village, Wales | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (13.5 st) | ||||||||||||
| School | Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School | ||||||||||||
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| Current status | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Fly-half | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1990–99, 2002–03 1999–02 2003–04 |
Pontypridd Cardiff Celtic Warriors |
237 45 26 |
(3,185) (655) (299) |
| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1991–1992 1991–2003 1997, 2001 |
Wales U21 Wales British and Irish Lions |
1 87 4 |
(10) (1049) (41) |
Neil Jenkins MBE (born 8 July 1971) is a former rugby union player and current coach. He played fly-half, centre, or full back for Pontypridd, Cardiff, Celtic Warriors, Wales and the British and Irish Lions. Jenkins is Wales' highest ever points-scorer and is the third highest on the List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers. He was the first player to score 1,000 points in international matches.
In 2004 Jenkins joined the coaching staff of the Wales national rugby union team and is the kicking skills coach.
Jenkins was born in Church Village near Pontypridd, Wales to a scrap dealer and his wife. He attended Llanilltud Faerdref primary school and then Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau.
Jenkins joined Pontypridd in 1990, making his First XV debut on 14 April.
He made his Wales debut aged 19 on 19 January 1991 against England during the Five Nations Championship in Cardiff, a game that Wales lost 25–6, but Jenkins scored his first three points thanks to a penalty. After the Five Nations campaign, Jenkins missed out on a place in the Welsh World Cup squad – the number ten position having been taken up by Mark Ring.
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