Gwenllian Jenkins

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Gewnllian Jenkins
Date of birth (2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 20)
Place of birth Carmarthen, Wales
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Scarlets
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Lampeter Town ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Scarlets ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Wales 3

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]

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Club career

Jenkins plays for Lampeter Town RFC [5] and Scarlets. [2]

International career

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

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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Gwenllian Jenkins". Scarlets Rugby. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  3. 1 2 "Former Amman Valley trio are named in Wales' Six Nations squad". South Wales Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. 1 2 "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. "Lampeter Town RFC". Lampeter Town RFC. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  6. "Four Chiefs named in Welsh training squad". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  7. "Urdd Gobaith Cymru / May 2020 (2)". www.urdd.cymru. Retrieved 2021-06-10.