{"id":8992,"date":"2016-02-19T12:05:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8992"},"modified":"2016-02-19T12:05:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T12:05:36","slug":"welsh-prop-icon-jenkins-warns-rookie-evans-he-wants-his-jersey-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/19\/welsh-prop-icon-jenkins-warns-rookie-evans-he-wants-his-jersey-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh prop icon Jenkins warns rookie Evans he wants his jersey back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WORLD rugby\u2019s most capped prop has warned Welsh rookie Rob Evans that he is \u201cas hungry as ever to pull that Welsh jersey on\u201d.<br \/>\nGethin Jenkins, who has earned 126 test caps, has revealed his desire to win back the No 1 shirt that has been his for almost a generation.<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m still as hungry as ever to put that Welsh jersey on,&#8221; said the former Wales captain.<br \/>\n\u201cYou never like losing your jersey.<br \/>\n\u201cAfter a day or two you have to get over it and get behind the guy who is in the shirt.<br \/>\n\u201cBut it still hasn\u2019t stopped my driving hunger to be in that loose-head shirt.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8993\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gethin-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8993\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8993\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gethin-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gethin Jenkins adresses the media\" width=\"230\" height=\"307\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8993\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gethin-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gethin Jenkins adresses the media\" width=\"230\" height=\"307\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Prop legend Gethin Jenkins<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHowever, despite the three times Grand Slam winner\u2019s competitive nature, he was full of praise for the man who has stepped in.<br \/>\nQuite simply Scarlets prop Rob Evans has been a revelation in his first two Six Nations starts, dispelling any worries that Wales would struggle without Jenkins.<br \/>\nJenkins said: \u201cRob has been outstanding in the first two games. He\u2019s a confident boy and shown that with the way he\u2019s played.<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s still young at international level but he\u2019s learning every week.<br \/>\n\u201cHe takes stuff on board, he\u2019s a strong scrummager and he carries very well around the field.<br \/>\n\u201cHe\u2019s only going to get better and that\u2019s good for Wales that they have someone coming through who will hopefully be there for the next 10 years.\u201d<br \/>\nIt could be argued that Jenkins has re-defined the role of a front row forward.<br \/>\nHistorically, the role of a Northern Hemisphere prop has mostly been limited to scrummaging, with mobility around the field not common.<br \/>\nYet here was a prop who refused to accept such constraints, with Jenkins\u2019 work rate and remarkable footballing ability marking him out as an unique talent.<br \/>\nHis freakish fitness levels once led former Welsh openside flanker Martyn Williams to describe the Pontypridd product as a back-row forward trapped in a prop&#8217;s body.<br \/>\nFitting then that Jenkins was the one asked for a solution to Wales\u2019 struggles at the breakdown.<br \/>\n\u201cWe haven\u2019t had as much joy as perhaps we would have liked at the breakdown, but I think the refereeing has been quite a bit different to what we\u2019ve had in the past,\u201d claimed Jenkins.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m not saying that\u2019s a bad thing, I\u2019m just saying that defensively it\u2019s been quite hard to get in there and get turnovers.<br \/>\n\u201cBut the boys who are in there, the back-rowers and the front five are working very hard on different techniques to try and improve on that.<br \/>\n\u201cI think all teams are the same.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone is looking for ways to get one up on the opposition.<br \/>\n\u201cWe do a lot of stuff with Shaun (Edwards) to try and improve that area, and whatever personnel are in we all work hard to try and slow that ball down, so that we can get into our defensive line.\u201d<br \/>\nSo what does the future hold for the five times capped British Lion?<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve had plenty of dialogue with Gats (Warren Gatland) about where I\u2019m going to go over the next year so my mind-set changed,\u201d said Jenkins.<br \/>\n&#8220;That&#8217;s probably going to be too far for me, the World Cup,<br \/>\n&#8220;That hasn&#8217;t really entered my thinking.<br \/>\n&#8220;When the time comes, I&#8217;ll do that [retire] but at the moment I&#8217;m just concentrating on playing week in, week out for the region and playing well.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WORLD rugby\u2019s most capped prop has warned Welsh rookie Rob Evans that he is \u201cas hungry as ever to pull that Welsh jersey on\u201d. 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