Gethin Jenkins

Gethin Jenkins

Birth name	Gethin Jenkins
Date of birth	(1980-11-17) 17 November 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Llanilltud Faerdref, Wales
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	121 kg (267 lb; 19 st 1 lb)
School	Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Beddau () Treorchy () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000–2003 Pontypridd 62 (5) 2003–2004 Celtic Warriors 13 (5) 2004–2012 Cardiff Blues 126 (25) 2012–2013 Toulon 21 (0) 2013–2018 Cardiff Blues 92 (15) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2016 Wales 129 (20) 2005–2013 British & Irish Lions 5 (0) Coaching career Years Team 2018–2020 Cardiff RFC (defence) 2021 Wales U20 (defence) 2020– Wales (defence) Correct as of 8 November 2022
Rugby league career
Playing information
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P Cardiff Demons

Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a prop for Pontypridd, Celtic Warriors, Cardiff Blues and Toulon. At international level, he won 129 caps for Wales. On his 105th appearance in 2014, he became Wales' most-capped player, overtaking the record held by Stephen Jones; having earned his final cap in November 2016, his record was surpassed by Alun Wyn Jones in September 2019. He is one of a small group of Welsh players to have won three Grand Slams.^[1] He also won five caps for the British & Irish Lions on three tours in 2005, 2009 and 2013. He is the sixth most-capped player in rugby union history and the second most-capped front-row forward.

He retired from professional rugby union in November 2018 after struggling with a chronic knee injury.^[2] After retirement, he had a number of coaching positions with the Blues and Cardiff RFC. Following some poor performances by Wales in 2020, he joined Wayne Pivac's backroom staff as the national team's defence coach.