Edward Jenkins (born 26 May 1986) is the former captain of the

Australia national rugby sevens team The Australia national rugby sevens team participates in international competitions such as the World Rugby Sevens Series and Rugby World Cup Sevens. Australia also competes at other international tournaments for rugby sevens, including at the ...

that competes in the

IRB Sevens World Series The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World ...

. The most experienced campaigner in the youthful Australian Sevens squad, Jenkins is one of

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most capped sevens players. Jenkins went to

Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is an Australian independent single-sex primary and secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school for boys located in Riverview, New South Wales, Riverview, a small suburb on the Lane Cove Rive ...

in Sydney. Jenkins helped end Australia's eight-year title drought on the world circuit at the

2010 London Sevens The London Sevens (also known as England Sevens) was a rugby union sevens tournament, the seventh of eight Cup tournaments in the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series. The 2010 competition was held at Twickenham Stadium between 22 May and 23 May. ...

, scoring a try against Argentina in the semi-final on the way to Australia's first tournament win on the circuit since the 2002 Brisbane Sevens. Jenkins was a silver-medalist at the

Rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The rugby sevens at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was the fourth Commonwealth Games at which rugby sevens was played. Rugby sevens was one of only two sports contested only by males with no women's competition (the other being boxing). The rugby ...

. He led the Australian Sevens team to win the 2012 Japan Sevens. Jenkins captained the Australia side which won the 2012 Japan Sevens tournament. He competed at the

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. His identical twin brother Jono plays

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

for the Waratahs. Jenkins played for the

Perth Spirit The Perth Spirit is a former rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, that played in the National Rugby Championship (NRC) from 2014 to 2017, winning the competition in 2016. The team was formed in 2007 to compete in the Australian Ru ...

in the

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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. In January 2018, Jenkins retired after a shoulder injury in the

2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series The 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 19th annual series of rugby sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The World Rugby Sevens Series, Sevens Ser ...

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Ed 1986 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players Australian twins Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rugby union players from Sydney Sydney University Football Club players People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview New South Wales rugby union team players 21st-century Australian sportsmen