David Jenkins (rugby)

For other people named David Jenkins, see David Jenkins (disambiguation).

For rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s for Wales (RU), Kenfig Hill, Treorchy, Glamorgan Police, Wales (RL), Hunslet, Leeds, and Dewsbury, see David Morgan Jenkins. For rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s for Cardiff (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Leeds (Dai Jenkins, Jr.), see David Jenkins (rugby league).

David Jenkins

Full name	David Rees Jenkins
Date of birth	12 April 1904(1904-04-12)
Place of birth	Resolven, Wales
Date of death	13 August 1951(1951-08-13) (aged 47)
Place of death	Whitley Bay, England[1]
Notable relative(s)	David Jenkins (son)
Rugby league career
Position	Forward
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1929-?	Leeds RLFC
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1929	Great Britain	1
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Prop
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
? ? 1924-1929	Resolven RFC[2] Neath RFC Swansea RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1927–1929	Wales[3]	2	(0)

David "Dai" Jenkins (12 April 1904–13 August 1951) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Swansea and rugby league for Leeds RLFC, and representing internationally in both sports.

Rugby career

Jenkins joined Swansea from Neath in 1924, and while with Swansea faced two touring international teams. In 1927 he played against the New Zealand Māori rugby union team and then in 1927 the New South Wales Waratahs. Jenkins gained his first cap for Wales team when he was selected to face the Waratahs again in their 1927 tour. Jenkins only other Welsh union cap was in the 1929 Five Nations Championship when he was chosen to face England on January 19. Under the captaincy of Ivor Jones, Wales lost their eighth consecutive game at Twickenham with the final score 8-3 to England. Jenkins may have gained further caps but when the next Welsh game was played on the 2 February, Jenkins was playing rugby league for Leeds RLFC, having switched codes for £370, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £70,500 in 2009).^[4] He went on to represent against Australia in the 1929 Ashes series.^[5]

International matches played

Wales^[6]

•  England 1929
• New South Wales Waratahs 1927

Genealogical Information

David "Dai" Jenkins, Snr. is the father of the rugby league footballer, David "Dai" Jenkins, Jr.

Bibliography

• Goodwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 000218060X. 
• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0708307663. 

References

1. ^ Swansea RFC player profiles
2. ^ Ospreys player profiles
3. ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
4. ^ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 2003-04-23. http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/. Retrieved 2008-10-03. 
5. ^ Dai Jenkins at rugbyleagueproject.org
6. ^ Smith (1980), pg 467.

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1904-04-12
Place of birth	Resolven, Wales
Date of death	1951-08-13
Place of death	Whitley Bay, England