David Jenkins (rugby, born 1904)

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David Jenkins
Birth nameDavid Rees Jenkins
Date of birth(1904-04-12)12 April 1904
Place of birth Resolven, Wales
Date of death13 August 1951(1951-08-13) (aged 47)
Place of death Whitley Bay, England [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Resolven RFC [2] ()
Neath RFC ()
1924–1929 Swansea RFC ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1927–1929 Wales [3] 2 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
Position Forward
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1929– Leeds RLFC

David Rees Jenkins (12 April 1904 – 13 August 1951) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Leeds RLFC, and representing internationally in both sports.

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Rugby career

Jenkins joined Swansea from Neath in 1924 and, while with Swansea, faced two touring international teams. In 1927 he played against the New Zealand Maori rugby union team, and then in 1927 the New South Wales Waratahs. Jenkins gained his first cap for Wales team when he was selected to face the Waratahs again in their 1927 tour. Jenkins's only other Welsh union cap was in the 1929 Five Nations Championship when he was chosen to face England on 19 January. Under the captaincy of Ivor Jones, Wales lost their eighth consecutive game at Twickenham with the final score 8–3 to England. Jenkins may have gained further caps but when the next Welsh game was played on 2 February 1929, Jenkins was playing rugby league for Leeds RLFC, having switched codes for £370.

International matches played

Wales [4]

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