David Jenkins (rugby, born 1904)

David Rees 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.

For rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s 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 1940s for Cardiff (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, and Leeds (Dai Jenkins, Jr.), see David Jenkins (rugby league).
For other people named David Jenkins, see David Jenkins (disambiguation).

David Jenkins
Birth nameDavid Rees Jenkins
Date of birth(1904-04-12)12 April 1904
Place of birthResolven, Wales
Date of death13 August 1951(1951-08-13) (aged 47)
Place of deathWhitley Bay, England[1]
Rugby league career
Position(s) Forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929–? Leeds RLFC ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1929 Great Britain[2] 1 ()
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Resolven RFC[3] ()
Neath RFC ()
1924–1929 Swansea RFC ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1927–1929 Wales[4] 2 (0)

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 Maori 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's only other Welsh union cap was in the 1929 Five Nations Championship when he was chosen to face England on 19 January. 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 2 February 1929, Jenkins was playing rugby league for Leeds RLFC, having switched codes for £370, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £64,000 in 2018).[5] He went on to represent against Australia in the 1929 Ashes series.[2]

International matches played

Wales[6]

Note

It is often incorrectly assumed that Jenkins was the father of the rugby league footballer, David Jenkins However, this is not the case, as "Dai Jr." was only 10 years younger than David Jenkins, and was actually the son of Richard and Rachel (née Howells) Jenkins, whose marriage was registered during third ¼ 1909 in Pontypridd district.[7]

Bibliography
  • Goodwin, Terry (1984). The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983. London: Willows Books. ISBN 0-00-218060-X.
  • Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

References
  1. Swansea RFC player profiles
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Ospreys player profiles
  4. Welsh Rugby Union player profiles
  5. "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. Smith (1980), p. 467.
  7. "Birth details of Dai Jenkins, Jr. at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.


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