Having ploughed his own rugby path over the years, Owen Jenkins is now very much following in the footsteps of his old man. Jenkins’ father, Garin, won 58 caps for Wales at hooker from 1991 to 2002.
Owen’s career has up to now taken him down a different positional path, as a winger for Pontypridd, Cardiff Blues and the Dragons. But, at the minute, you will find him in the middle of the front row, as a hooker for Wales Sevens.
“You see these boys on the wing who are running the 100 metres in ten seconds and you think ‘Right, I’d better move into the forwards!’. So I have been practising my throwing in, which luckily runs in the blood,” he says.
