Gwenllian Jenkins | |
Birth Date: | 20 November 2000 |
Birth Place: | Carmarthen, Wales |
Height: | 168 cm |
Weight: | 87 kg |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Ru Currentteam: | Scarlets |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Lampeter Town |
Clubs1: | Scarlets |
Repyears1: | 2019– |
Repteam1: | Wales |
Repcaps1: | 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]
Jenkins plays for Lampeter Town RFC[5] and Scarlets.
Jenkins first played on the international stage during the 2019 Autumn Internationals, where she won two caps. She was then called up in 2021[6] to represent Wales during the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship.
She has won three caps in her rugby career to date.
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]