Name Ed Jenkins Siblings Jono Jenkins Weight 95 kg | Height 1.87 m Role Rugby Player | |
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Education Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview | ||
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Ed Jenkins is the current captain of the Australia national rugby sevens team team that competes in the IRB Sevens World Series. The most experienced campaigner in the youthful Australian Sevens squad, captain Ed Jenkins is the second-leading try scorer in the team with 13 five-pointers this season.
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Jenkins, was a silver-medallist at the Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Jenkins helped end Australia’s eight-year title drought on the world circuit at the London Sevens in 2010, scoring a try against Argentina in the semi-final on the way to Australia's first tournament win on the circuit since Brisbane 2002.
He led the Australian Sevens team to win the Cup at the HSBC Tokyo round in 2012.
His identical twin brother Jono plays Super Rugby for the Waratahs. Jenkins went to Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney.
Jenkins played for the Perth Spirit in the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007, scoring a hat-trick of on debut against the East Coast Aces. He featured for the Shute Shield-winning Sydney University side throughout 2010 before Sevens duty saw him miss the finals series.
Jenkins captained the Australia side which won Gold in the Cup Final of the 2012 Japan Sevens tournament. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.