Rugby Union: Neil Jenkins: The Fact File.
BORN: Church Village, Pontypridd, July 7 1971AGE: 28
MARRIED: To Cath
HOME: Efail Isaf, Pontypridd
HEIGHT: 5ft 10in
WEIGHT: 14st 2lb
NICKNAME: The Ginger Monster
DEBUT for Pontypridd: 1990
DEBUT for Wales: 1991 Wales 6 England 25
HIGHEST ever points scorer for Wales: 882
SECOND highest points scorer in Test rugby: 863 - includes 41 for Lions (Michael Lynagh leads the list on 911)
HIGHEST points score in a match for Wales: 30 v Italy, 1999
MOST Five Nations points for Wales: 284
MOST conversions for Wales: 96
MOST penalties for Wales: 174
MOST caps for Wales at outside-half: 51
SECOND most capped player for Wales: 67 (Ieuan Evans leads the list on 72)
MOST expensive player in Welsh rugby: pounds 200,000 Pontypridd to Cardiff, July 1999
BIGGEST earner in Welsh rugby: possible pounds 350,000 next season
MOST valuable right foot in world rugby: pounds 1m insurance estimate
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| Title Annotation: | Sport |
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
| Date: | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Words: | 150 |
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