He was in the post-match function in Ballymore in 1991 when the bread rolls started flying, voices were raised and a scuffle broke out among touring Wales players. He’s been involved at the top of Welsh rugby ever since, with few managing to endure quite like him.Įarly in his playing career, few endured more criticism, as well.Ĭonsider, instead, how much Jenkins has seen in rugby. It seems only yesterday that he was kicking off the first-ever round of Heineken League matches for Pontypridd, a 19-year-old then, helping to inspire a side depleted by two sendings-off to a 10-10 draw against Llanelli at Stradey Park.Ī few months later, he was making his Wales debut against England in Cardiff. READ MORE: Get the latest news, views and analysis from our rugby section Others would have phoned News at Ten to tell them of the news, just in case they missed it. Jenkins didn’t have to rise at 3.30am and contend with the snappy Jack Russell in No. Praising me for it is like praising the postman for delivering 44 letters in a row.” He is, after all, someone who once put together a run of 44 successful goal-kicks before declaring: “It’s my job. Which was probably exactly how the man himself liked it. Little fuss was made in the media - no special supplements in newspapers, no TV interviews, no ‘50 Neil Jenkins facts’, no nothing. Neil Jenkins turned 50 earlier this year. You sometimes wonder where all the years have gone.
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