| Gareth Jenkins | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gareth Jenkins | ||
| Date of birth | September 11 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker | ||
| Clubs | |||
| 1968-77 | Llanelli RFC | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| 1982-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 |
Llanelli Llanelli Scarlets Wales |
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Gareth Jenkins (born 11 September 1951) is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, and former head coach of the Welsh national team. Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Burry Port (Porth Tywyn is a small town five miles (8 km outside the larger centre of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the Loughor Geography The county is bounded to the north by Ceredigion, to the east by Powys, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, to the south by the Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15 A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15 Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1872 The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international After a long and distinguished career at Llanelli RFC, Jenkins was appointed Wales coach in 2006, succeeding Mike Ruddock. Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1872 Mike Ruddock, OBE (born 5 September 1959 in Blaina) is a Welsh Rugby union coach He was sacked by the Welsh Rugby Union on September 30, 2007, following Wales' failure to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He left the role with just six wins from twenty test matches.
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Playing career
Born in Burry Port, Jenkins played as a flanker for Llanelli RFC, Wales B side and the Barbarians. Burry Port (Porth Tywyn is a small town five miles (8 km outside the larger centre of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the Loughor Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1872 The Barbarian Football Club, typically referred to as Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas" is an invitational Rugby union team based in Britain Jenkins also toured Japan with the Welsh national team in 1975, but was not capped. Jenkins coached both Llanelli RFC and the Llanelli Scarlets region from its inception until 2006 when he accepted the position as the coach for the Welsh national team.
Jenkins made 259 appearances for Llanelli RFC since his debut as a 17 year old, before his career was cut short by injury at the age of 26. He was a member of the Llanelli team that famously beat New Zealand 9-3 at Stradey Park in 1973.
Coaching career
Llanelli
During his 24 year stint as coach of Llanelli RFC, he won thirteen Welsh Cup victories, a 1992-93 League and cup double (a first for a Welsh club) plus a win over the World Champion Australians in the same year. In 1998-99 and 2001-02 Llanelli won league titles and the newly formed regional side Llanelli Scarlets won the 2003 Celtic League Championship under his guidance. It was during this time he also lead Llanelli to Heineken Cup semi-final places in 2000 and 2002. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading However his team consistently fell just short in big games, notably in the Heineken Cup. The European Rugby Cup (known as the Heineken Cup because of the tournament's sponsorship by Heineken) is an annual Rugby union competition involving leading He was also assistant coach of Wales during the 1993/94 season, when Wales won the Five Nations championship.
Wales national team
Jenkins was rejected when he applied for the job of coach to the Welsh national team in 2004, when he was seen as virtually the only serious candidate for the job. The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international It was suggested that his insistence on bringing in his own backroom staff, who lacked the requisite experience and skill, cost him the job. Instead, the Welsh Rugby Union invited Mike Ruddock to apply for the post, even though he had not originally made himself available for the role. The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU ( Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of Rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board Mike Ruddock, OBE (born 5 September 1959 in Blaina) is a Welsh Rugby union coach Ruddock subsequently coached the Welsh team to their first Grand Slam in 28 years. In Rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship manages to beat all the others during one year's competition or when a touring side
Jenkins toured New Zealand with the British and Irish Lions as part of Clive Woodward's coaching team in 2005. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or "British Lions" Rugby union side comprises a pick of the best players from Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956 at Ely in Cambridgeshire) is a former English Rugby union international who In April 2006 Jenkins was named as the new Welsh national coach, under a two year contract to succeed Mike Ruddock, who had resigned during the 2006 Six Nations Championship. [1] His first duty was a development tour of Argentina, a young and inexperienced Wales side losing the series 2-0. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. His first home test match saw a credible 29-29 draw with Australia, but lacklustre performances against the Pacific Islanders, Canada and the All Blacks saw confidence dip and in the 2007 Six Nations Championship Wales slipped to 4 defeats including a 23-20 reversal against Italy. The All Blacks are New Zealand's national team in Rugby union, the country's National sport. The 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship was the eighth series of the Rugby union Six Nations Championship and was won by, on points difference Jenkins finally got a victory over England on the final day of the championship by 27-18, denying England the championship, whilst simultaneously avoiding the dreaded wooden spoon; which went to Scotland.
A test match series in Australia followed, which was lost 2-0 and following a record 62-5 defeat by England at Twickenham, Jenkins came under increasing pressure from the Welsh media, but insisted his position and that of his under fire coaching be judged on performances at the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international Rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Wales failed to qualify for the quarter finals of the World Cup, losing to second-tier nation Fiji 34-38. [2] Jenkins tenure as Welsh coach came to an end the following day on 30 September 2007, informed of the Welsh Rugby Union's decision by chief executive Roger Lewis and chairman David Pickering at the team's hotel. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [3].
Jenkins made history when he became the first ever Welsh coach to be sacked by his union (previous coaches have chosen to resign when they believed their position had become untenable). His failings at international level are further exposed when considering both full time coaches either side of his stewardship as head coach at Wales won Grand Slams; Mike Ruddock in 2005 and Warren Gatland in 2008 (both with nearly the same squad of players).
- Record: - Played: 20 Won: 6 Drawn: 1 Lost: 13
References
- ^ Wales unveil Jenkins as new coach BBC Wales - 27 April 2006
- ^ RWC 2007: Wales 34, Fiji 38 BBC Sport - 29 September, 2007
- ^ Wales axe Jenkins after Cup exit BBC Wales - 30 September, 2007
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| Preceded by Scott Johnson |
Welsh national rugby coach 2006 - 2007 |
Succeeded by Nigel Davies |
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