Neil Jenkins
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Neil Jenkins, (born 8 July 1971), is a former rugby union player and current coach.
For Pontypridd, Cardiff, Celtic Warriors, Wales, and the British and Irish Lions, he served fly-half, center, or full back.
Jenkins is Wales' highest-scoring player and is third on the list of top Rugby union Test point scorers.
He was the first player to score 1,000 points in international matches. Jenkins joined the Welsh national rugby union team in 2004 and is the kicking skills coach.
Early life
Jenkins was born in Pontypridd, Wales, to a scrap dealer and his wife. He attended Llanilltud Faerdref primary school and then Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School in Beddau.
Career
Jenkins debuted in 1990 and made his First XV debut on April 14th.
On 19 January 1991 against England in Cardiff, Wales made his Wales debut aged 19 on 19 January 1991 against England, but Jenkins scored his first three points on a penalty. Jenkins missed out on a spot in the Welsh World Cup squad following Mark Ring's takeover of the number ten position.
Jenkins' primary strength was his kick, although he was deceptively quick in his early career. Despite this, Jenkins remained chastised, and many felt that he was not worthy enough to inherit Barry John's Welsh number 10 shirt, causing Jenkins to adapt his game to the needs of the modern game. He developed his attacking, passing, and running skills under Graham Henry's guidance, and became an excellent ball carrier, with particular his superb flat passes and a solid runner. In Wales' 24-26 loss to Canada, he made an international record eight successful penalty kicks at goal in November 1993. In a 29-19 win over Italy, he tied for the most points in a game against Canada at the age of 23, he passed Paul Thorburn to become Wales' first Test point scorer.
Jenkins spent a full marathon in all three tests on the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing fullback. Thanks to his precise goalkicking, the Lions defeated the Springboks in the first two tests and thus ended the series 2–1. He scored 41 points in all three Tests, beating Gavin Hastings' previous record of 38.
Jenkins converted in the game's last match of the 1999 Five Nations Championships to defeat England 32–31 at Wembley to deny their English counterparts the title, with Scotland finishing third on points difference, with Wales finishing third. In a World Cup warm-up game against France later this year, he tied for the highest international record by converting nine goals.
Jenkins was awarded an MBE in October 2000 for services to sport. In a rugby match in which he scored all 24 points for Cardiff in their 24-21 victory over Saracens, he picked up the MBE from Buckingham Palace before being flown back to Cardiff by helicopter.
Jenkins made history by becoming the first rugby player to reach the 1,000 international points mark in 2001 with a 28-point haul against France in Paris.
Jenkins went on the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, but he was carrying an injury that enabled English fly-half Jonny Wilkinson to become the preferred fly-half and goalkicker. However, Jenkins did earn his fourth Lions cap in the second test as a late replacement.
Kicking had always been his forte, with his best-ever kicks at goal for the now defunct Celtic Warriors in 2003-04 Celtic League.
Wales' last match for Wales was against Romania on November 1, 2002, with Wales winning 40–3. Jenkins was left out of Wales' 2003 Rugby World Cup squad and later announced his retirement from international rugby after an 11-year career.
He scored 1,049 points (11 tries, 130 conversions, 235 penalties, and 10 drop goals) during his four caps for Wales, totaling 1,090 points. He retired as the only international rugby player to score over 1,000 points. Jonny Wilkinson later broken Jenkins' world record.
Given early public criticism, Jenkins has established himself as one of Wales' most recognisable figures, and many rugby followers hold him in high regard. Despite the fact that he is no longer the top Test scorer in Test history, he is also considered one of Rugby's most versatile goalkickers.
Coaching career
Jenkins returned to the Welsh Rugby Union in the role of Kicking Skills Coach, working with the then-new WRU Academies to develop the future generations of outside halves. He returned to the National Squad as Skills Coach in 2006 and later as Warren Gatland's new-look leadership staff.
Jenkins was assisting the Welsh national team in winning their second Six Nations Grand Slam in four years during the 2007–2008 season.
Jenkins was appointed as the British and Irish Lions' kicking coach for their tour of South Africa on June 8, 2009.
He was later appointed as a mentor for the lions during their 2013 Tour to Australia with Graham Rowntree and head coach Warren Gatland. He was later selected in the coaching staff for the 2017 and 2021 tours, as well as Warren Gatland on both directions and Rowntree in 2017.