Gwenllian Jenkins
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| Date of birth | 20 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Carmarthen, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]- ^ a b "Gwenllian Jenkins". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b "Gwenllian Jenkins". Scarlets Rugby. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b "Former Amman Valley trio are named in Wales' Six Nations squad". South Wales Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ a b "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Lampeter Town RFC". Lampeter Town RFC. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Four Chiefs named in Welsh training squad". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- ^ "Urdd Gobaith Cymru / May 2020 (2)". www.urdd.cymru. Retrieved 2021-06-10.