Gethin Jenkins
Rugby Player
All Blacks pair miss Wales game...Stadium in Cardiff next Saturday. Wales coach Warren Gatland is short of choices at tight-head and is expected to ask Lions loose-head Gethin Jenkins to prop on his less favoured side of the scrum. First-choice Adam Jones is out of... In this article: All Blacks, Tony Woodcock, Wales, Gethin Jenkins, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Graham Henry, New Zealand, Cardiff, and Tokyo |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Rugby Union | November 02, 2009
Warren Gatland has Wales playing to their strengths ahead of New Zealand clash
...rib injury and Rhys Thomas and Jonathan Yapp also out, Gatland has resisted the temptation to move world-class loosehead Gethin Jenkins across and has opted instead for Ospreys' Paul James, who has been capped just once six years ago. A...
In this article: Warren Gatland, All Blacks, Wales, Lee Byrne, New Zealand, Cardiff, Adam Jones, and Tony Woodcock
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Scotland on Sunday | October 30, 2009
Gatland rules out Roberts switch
...loosehead to tighthead. Wales are minus the services of injured props Adam Jones and John Yapp, leaving three players - Duncan Jones, Paul James and Craig Mitchell - contesting one place alongside Jenkins. The probable outcome is that...
In this article: Warren Gatland, Jamie Roberts, Lions, Wales, Duncan Jones, All rights reserved, Adam Jones, and Matthew Rees
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BBC News | October 22, 2009
Ospreys hail Blues 'dream team'
...tour to South Africa. Leigh Halfpenny, Andy Powell, Martyn Williams, Tom Shanklin, Jamie Roberts and Gethin Jenkins won a call from Ian McGeechan - although Shanklin withdrew from the tour due to a shoulder injury. In the last few years...
In this article: Ospreys, Blues, Dai Young, Europe, Lions, Shane Williams, Cardiff Blues, and Tom Shanklin
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Guardian | November 17, 2009
Wales does not fear Argentina's scrum, claims Warren Gatland
"Argentina have a very experienced front row and they have strength in depth because they have Marcos Ayerza, one of the form players in the Guinness Premiership, on their bench," said the Wales and Lions loosehead Gethin Jenkins. "We...
In this article: Warren Gatland, Ospreys, Wales, Argentina, Scarlets, Shane Williams, and Huw Bennett
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sportinglife | June 30, 2009
DEPARTING O'DRISCOLL PROUD OF LIONS
...tour hopes prior to departure. And since arriving in South Africa, the Lions have lost O'Driscoll, Jones, Stephen Ferris, Leigh Halfpenny, Lee Byrne, Euan Murray, Ryan Jones and Gethin Jenkins. Adam Jones suffered a dislocated...
In this article: Brian O'Driscoll, Lions, Adam Jones, South Africa, Ian McGeechan, British and Irish Lions, and Pretoria
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Stuff | June 28, 2009
Lions facing third test injury crisis
...mindset Lions props Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones are out of the final test against South Africa after undergoing surgery, and the team could also be without backs Brian O'Driscoll, Jamie Roberts, Tommy Bowe and Ronan O'Gara. All six...
In this article: Lions, Adam Jones, Surgery, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, Ronan O'Gara, Tommy Bowe, Ian McGeechan, and Concussion
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Daily Express | June 28, 2009
Lions licking their wounds
...and with it the series. In a match marred by Schalk Burger s eye-gouging of wing Luke Fitzgerald, the Lions lost both props, Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones, simultaneously at Loftus Versfeld and then both centres, Brian O Driscoll and Jamie...
In this article: Lions, Schalk Burger, and Adam Jones
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Sunday Mirror | June 27, 2009
Pictures: Heartbreaking 2nd Test defeat for Lions as South Africa get revenge for 1997
...in check Frans Steyn kicked a monster penalty from inside his own half The Lions suffered a double injury blow in the second half, losing first Gethin Jenkins... and then fellow prop Adam Jones went off to leave the game with uncontested...
In this article: The Lions, Adam Jones, Schalk Burger, South Africa, Jamie Roberts, Brian O'Driscoll, and Rob Kearney
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Lions duo set to miss Wales Tests
...in the original British & Irish Lions squad Blues coach Dai Young says British and Irish Lions pair Gethin Jenkins and Martyn Williams are unlikely to be fit for Wales' November Test series. The duo underwent shoulder operations after the...
In this article: Lions, Dai Young, Martyn Williams, British and Irish Lions, Magners League, and Adam Jones
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Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) was educated at Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive school in Beddau. He is a Welsh rugby union player. He plays for Cardiff Blues.
He first played rugby union aged 13 at Beddau RFC based in Pontypridd, starting out as a flanker but was pushed forward into the front row at age 15. He played for the Pontypridd Youth Team and later for Pontypridd, then for Celtic Warriors before signing for the Blues. Despite weighing 18 st 10 lbs, the 28 year old is surprisingly fast. He is able to play both loosehead and tighthead prop, which often means that he has been seen as an ideal substitute
Jenkins made his first appearance for Wales against Romania in 2003, and has so far won 65 caps for Wales. 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. He was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand in 2005 and played in all three tests. Gethin 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.
In November 2007 he was asked to captain his country against South Africa by Welsh temporary coach Nigel Davies. 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.
- Full Name:
- Gethin Jenkins
- Birth Date:
- November 17, 1980
- Birth City:
- Llantwit Fardre
- Birth Country:
- Wales
- Weight:
- 18 st 7 lbs (118 kg)
- Current team:
- Cardiff Blues
- Position:
- Prop
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