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PLAYER PROFILE FACT FILE GETHIN JENKINS

GETHIN DAVID RUGBY FACTS JENKINS TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS 68 29 2 37 3 0 0 0 15 Lions Tests 30 0 3000 0 0 Lions Overall 7 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 Born: 17/11/1980 , Wales Ht: 1.88m (6ft 2in) Wt: 118kg (18st 8lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF GETHIN OFF THE CUFF Prop Gethin was the cornerstone of the Lions First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club pack in 2005 and will be looking to add When I was 13 Wales / Cardiff to the three Test caps he won in New First Team? RFC U13’s

GETHIN JENKINS Test Caps Zealand. He made seven appearances on Wales 68 (42+26) the 2005 tour and scored a try in the win First Position? Lions 3 over . He won caps for Wales First Trophy? Derwar Shield with Schools, U19 and U21 before going on Schools U15 Test Points to play for against Uruguay in Wales 15 (3T) 2002. His fi rst senior tour with Wales First Rep team? Pontypridd Schools U15 Test Debut was to in 2002 under Steve First Tour? Canada with Bryncelynnog Wales 40 Romania 3 Hansen, but he didn’t play. He made Comprehensive School (01/11/2002 in Wrexham) his Wales debut against Romania in First Rugby Hero? (Wales) GETHIN JENKINS Lions Test Debut 2002 and has since gone on to become 21 Lions 3 Wales’most capped prop. In Bloemfontein First Rugby Autograph? Don’t think I (25/06/2005 in ) last summer he overtook as ever did Wales’ most capped front row forward Test Record v SA when winning his 59th . Launched his Most Infl uential Coach? P6 L6 senior career at Pontypridd before joining and Andrew Hore (Wales) AMAZING Lions Record New Zealand 2005 and then . He Key Career Moment? Being selected for Bay of Plenty 20 - 34 Lions W scored a famous charge down kick against the 2005 Lions tour Helped the Cardiff Demons rugby in the crucial game in Taranaki 14 - 36 Lions W league side reach the 1998 Grand Cardiff in 2005 and picked up a second Toughest Opponent? Carl Haymans NZ Maoris 19 - 13 Lions L (New Zealand) Academy Final. Slam in 2008. Helped the Blues win the Was the 2001 Wales Under 21 Player Wellington 6 - 23 Lions (1T) W EDF Energy Cup this season. Best Part of being a Pro? Running out in of the Year. New Zealand 21 - 3 Lions L front of 70,000+ for a New Zealand 48 - 18 Lions L He is Wales’ fourth most capped New Zealand 38 - 19 Lions L Worst Part? Repetitive rugby training forward with 68 appearances. Captained Wales for the fi rst time against South Africa in their fi rst game after winning the World Cup in 2007.

56 THE BRITISH & IRISH LIONS TOUR 2009 www.lionsrugby.com 57 PLAYER PROFILE ADAM JONES FACT FILE ADAM JONES

ADAM RHYS RUGBY FACTS JONES TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS Wales 56 29 2 25 1 0 0 0 5 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 08/03/1981 Abercrave, Wales Ht: 1.83m (6ft 0in) Wt: 127kg (20st 0lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF ADAM OFF THE CUFF Prop Adam launched his career at First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club and had three seasons with them before Aged 7 Wales / merging into the Ospreys when Welsh First Team? Penycae Primary School Test Caps rugby went regional in 2003. Helped the

ADAM JONES Wales 56 (46+10) Ospreys win the Magners League twice First Position? Openside fl anker and the EDF Energy Cup. He topped 100 Test Points First Trophy? Maesydderwern appearances for the Ospreys this season. Comprehensive U11’s Wales 5 (1T) He got his fi rst taste of rugby in South Test Debut Africa when part of the Welsh team at the First Rep team? Wales 9 43 inaugural IRB U21 World Cup in 2002. Neath and U15 (23/08/2003 at Wales fi nished fourth and Jones lined-up

First Tour? Magaluf 1998 JONES ADAM ) alongside fellow Lion Mike Phillips. First Rugby Hero? He made his Wales debut as a replacement Test Record v SA (New Zealand) P5 L5 against England in 2003 and became the AMAZING fi rst choice tight head prop at the 2003 First Rugby Autograph? World Cup, starting in the epic clashes (, Wales and Lions) Rides a Harley Davidson motorbike. Affectionately known as one of the ‘Hair with New Zealand and England in the Most Infl uential Coach? , tournament. Started all games in Wales’ Sean Holley, Jon Humphreys (Ospreys) Bears’ because of his long curly hair. 2005 and 2008 Grand Slam campaigns His prop partner for Ospreys and and won his 50th cap against South Africa Key Career Moment? Winning Grand Wales, Duncan Jones, is the blonde in in the 20-15 defeat at the Millennium Slams in 2005 and 2008 the partnership. Stadium in November, 2008. Toughest Opponent? Tony Woodcock Was one of a record six Joneses who (New Zealand) lined-up for Wales against South Africa Best Part of being a Pro? Getting paid in Cardiff in 2004 – Stephen, Duncan, to travel and play in front of big crowds Steve, Adam, Dafydd, Ryan. Worst Part? Not a lot Weighed more than 20 stones for much of his playing career. Where Were You in 1997? Watching Put in 200 extra fi tness sessions this down the club with the boys season to get fi t for Lions.

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ALUN-WYN RUGBY FACTS JONES TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS Wales 31 13 0 18 4 0 0 0 20 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 19/09/1985 Swansea, Wales Ht: 1.98m (6ft 6in) Wt: 119kg (18st 10lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF ALUN-WYN OFF THE CUFF Lock Alun - Wyn was voted the Principality First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club Premiership Best Newcomer at the end In junior school Wales / Ospreys of the 2005/06 season while playing First Team? Mumbles U9’s, ALUN-WYN JONES Test Caps for Swansea. He received his award in Bonymaen U11’s Wales 31 (29+2) Argentina, where he toured with the Wales squad and won his fi rst cap as a blindside First Position? No 8 Test Points fl anker at the age of 20. Like fellow Welsh Wales 20 (4T) First Trophy? Dewar Shield with Lion , he attended Llandovery Swansea U15’s Test Debut College and he had played for Wales U19 Argentina 27 Wales 25 and U21. He was in the Wales U21 side First Rep team? Swansea U11 (11/06/2006 in Puerto Madryn) that lost 27-26 to South Africa at the IRB First Tour? Ludlow Ten’s tournament U21 World Championship in in Test Record v SA First Rugby Hero? John Eales (Australia) JONES ALUN-WYN P4 L4 2004 – , Earl Rose, and Derrick Hougaard were in the and Martin Johnson (England) AMAZING Boks squad – and played 19 consecutive First Rugby Autograph? Garin Jenkins Completed his A levels in Glasgow games for Wales at that age level before (Wales) while playing for Wales at the IRB U21 injury broke his record run. Helped the World Cup. 2005 U21 side win a Grand Slam and Key Career Moment? Winning my Earned a £3,000 sports scholarship to was quickly snapped up by the Ospreys. fi rst Welsh cap become one of ’s Helped them to win the Magners League Best Part of being a Pro? Winning Elite Athletes. in 2007 and the EDF Energy Cup in 2008. Was handed the Welsh captaincy for Worst Part? Losing Is set to complete his Law degree at the fi rst time in the 2009 RBS 6 Nations, Where Were You in 1997? Swansea University this summer. leading his side to victory over Italy in Primary school Won his fi rst Welsh cap alongside Rome. current Ospreys team mates , and in Puerto Madryn, Argentina. Had to carry a two-foot olive timber love spoon on that tour as the youngest member of the Wales squad.

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STEPHEN MICHAEL RUGBY FACTS JONES TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS Wales 80 36 2 42 6 117 138 5 693 Lions Tests 30 0 30140 14 Lions Overall 5 1 0 4 0 2 6 0 22 Born: 08/12/1977 Aberystwyth, Wales Ht: 1.83m (6ft 0in) Wt: 95kg (15st 0lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF STEPHEN OFF THE CUFF Fly half Stephen made his Test debut as a First Team? Nantgaredig RFC Country / Club replacement in Wales’ record defeat First Position? Fly half Wales / against the Springboks in Pretoria in 1998 and has gone on to become his First Rep team? Dyfed County Schools

STEPHEN JONES Test Caps Wales 80 (68+12) country’s second highest points scorer First Rugby Hero? (Wales) Lions 3 (2+1) and most capped fl y half. He has started at full back, fl y half and centre for Wales. Key Career Moment? Test Points He has two Grand Slams under his Winning Grand Slam in 2005 Wales 693 (6T, 117C, belt, played at three World Cups and 138P, 5DG) Best Part of being a Pro? captained Wales on eight occasions. Lions 14 (1C, 4P) Getting to travel He was a Lion in New Zealand four Worst Part? Injuries AMAZING Test Debut years ago, featuring in all three Tests. JONES STEPHEN South Africa 96 Wales 13 He played for Wales Schools, captained Where Were You in 1997? He is planning to open a restaurant with (27/06/1998 in Pretoria) the Wales U21 side to a Grand Slam Playing for my local team in next year. Lions Test Debut and played his club rugby for Llanelli, Has a share in a horse called Ski Sunday New Zealand 21 Lions 3 the Scarlets and, for two seasons, ASM with Regan King, and (25/06/2005 in Christchurch) Clermont Auvergne. He scored 21 points Stuart Gallacher. against the Springboks at the Mi lennium Voted best fl y half in French rugby Test Record v SA Stadium in Wales’ 38-36 defeat in 2004, at the end of his fi rst season at ASM P8 L8 (60 pts, 15P, 6C, 1DG) but is still waiting for his fi rst win over Clermont Auvergne by the French South Africa after eight attempts. Lions Record New Zealand 2005 media. NZ Maoris 19 - 13 Lions (1C,2P) L Won only once in fi ve outings with the Wellington 6 - 23 Lions W Lions in 2005, against Wellington. New Zealand 21 - 3 Lions L He has started 66 games at outside for New Zealand 48 - 18 Lions L Wales, equalling Neil Jenkins. New Zealand 38 - 19 Lions (1C,4P) L He is the 12th highest points scorer in international rugby history. Played under 15 different Welsh captains and nine coaches in his career.

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ROB RUGBY FACTS KEARNEY TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS Ireland 169 0 7410 0 22 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 26/03/1986 , Ireland Ht: 1.85m (6ft 1in) Wt: 90kg (14st 2lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF ROB OFF THE CUFF Full back Rob is equally at home at wing or full back First Team? Dundalk RFC Country / Club and earned a professional contract at First Position? Flanker Ireland / Leinster Leinster having played for Ireland Schools Test Caps and Ireland U19. He attended the same First Trophy? At U15 level ROB KEARNEY Ireland 16 (15+1) as 2005 Lion, First Rep team? Leinster U18 and Leinster and Ireland team mate, Test Points Gordon D’Arcy. He won fi ve caps for First Tour? To Australia with Ireland 22 (4T, 1C) Ireland A and was fi rst introduced to the Schools team Test Debut senior Irish training squad in 2005. First Rugby Hero? Argentina 16 Ireland 0 But he had to wait until the summer of (New Zealand) (02/06/2007 in Buenos Aires) 2007, on the tour to Argentina, before winning his fi rst cap as a wing. His fi rst First Rugby Autograph? Keith Woods KEARNEY ROB Lions Test Debut (Ireland and Lions) Australia 13, Lions 29 taste of RBS 6 Nations action came as a (30/06/2001 in ) replacement centre against Italy at Croke Most Infl uential Coach? Adam Lewis Park in 2008 and he fi gured in all fi ve Test Record v SA games that season. He notched his fi rst Key Career Moment? First Ireland cap No Games Test try in a home win over and Toughest Opponent? New Zealand then grabbed another in a defeat against England at Twickenham. He helped Best Part of being a Pro? Playing in big Leinster win the Magners League in 2008, matches at big venues playing in 14 games, and was part of Worst Part? Injuries AMAZING the team that took the Dubliners to the He scored a hat-trick of tries on his Heineken Cup fi nal this year. He started Where Were You in 1997? At home Leinster debut in a friendly against all fi ve games at full back in Ireland’s glued to Parma. Grand Slam campaign in 2009. He was a highly competent Gaelic footballer in the Minor (Under 18) age group with Louth. Is a very keen, and pretty good, billiards player.

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LEE ANDREW RUGBY FACTS MEARS TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS England 34 14 0 20 1 0 0 0 5 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 05/03/1979 Torquay, England Ht: 1.73m (5ft 8in) Wt: 96kg (15st 2lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF LEE OFF THE CUFF Hooker Lee fi nally nailed down the England First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club hooking role after a three year period At a family BBQ England / Bath in which 18 of his fi rst 21 caps were as First Team? Torquay (Tics) Test Caps a replacement. But since March 2008 England 34 (16+18) he has been the starting hooker for First Position? Hooker LEE MEARS his country in their last 13 Tests. Was Test Points First Trophy? Devon Cup with Paignton in the same England U18 Schools side Primary School England 5 (1T) that completed a Grand Slam and went Test Debut unbeaten on tour to Australia in 1997 as First Rep team? England U16 England 40 Samoa 3 , and First Tour? Digns to Butlins (26/11/2005 at current England captain . LEE MEARS Twickenham) Also played for England U16, U19 and First Rugby Hero? (New Zealand) Test Record v SA U21. Played in the IRB Under 21 World P3 W1 L2 Cup in New Zealand and then featured First Rugby Autograph? Richard Hi l in two Churchill Cups with England A. (Saracens, England and Lions) A one club player, he joined the Bath Academy in 1997 after leaving Colston’s Most Infl uential Coach? Mike Foley School, where he was taught in the (Bath and Australia) AMAZING classroom and on the fi eld by ex-Lion and Key Career Moment? First England cap He loves to cook for his wife and once England coach . Helped went to a Cookery School in Bath. Bath win the European Toughest Opponent? Garin Jenkins He is also keen on fl ying and is taking in 2008 and was part of the team that (Wales) lessons. reached the semi-fi nals of the Guinness Best Part of being a Pro? Getting paid Premiership this season. for something you’d gladly do for free This is his Testimonial Season at Bath. He is very superstitious and always puts Worst Part? Training in the wet and cold on his left sock before his right. Where Were You in 1997? He also likes to be the second man out On holiday in the Maldives onto the fi eld and has the same cereal and toast combination before a game regardless of kick-off time.

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UGICHUKWU RUGBY FACTS (UGO) CHIEDOZIE TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS MONYE England 63 0 3100 0 5 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 13/04/1983 , England Ht: 1.88m (6ft 2in) Wt: 95kg (14st 13lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF UGO OFF THE CUFF Wing At the start of the season Ugo spent First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club fi ve days lying on his back being fed by Age 13 at Lord Wandsworth College England / Harlequins his fl at mate through a straw because First Team? Alton RFC, Hampshire Test Caps of a problem with a bulging disc in his

UGO MOYNE England 6 (6+0) back. His powers of recovery, aided by First Position? Wing Pilates, were such that he fi nally made Test Points First Trophy? Sevenoaks 7-a-side with his England debut against the Pacifi c School Under 15s England 5 (1T) Islanders two months later. Lightening Test Debut quick – he has a best time over 100 First Rep team? Hampshire U17 England 39, metres of 10.65 sec – he was good First Tour? To South Africa with School Pacifi c Islanders 13 enough to mix it with Olympic sprinters

team age 17 UGO MOYNE (08/11/2008 like Mark Lewis-Francis and Tyrone Edgar at Twickenham) when he was at school. Graduated into First Rugby Hero? (New the full England side this season after Zealand)/Rory and Test Record v SA (England / Lions) P1 L1 playing for England U19, U21 at two IRB World Championships (2003 and First Rugby Autograph? 2004), England A and England Saxons. (England / Lions) Won six caps over the season and helped Harlequins reach the quarter-fi nals of the Most Infl uential Coach? John Kingston (Harlequins) Heineken Cup and knock-out stages of the Guinness Premiership. Key Career Moment? Getting contract AMAZING with Harlequins and winning fi rst England His cousin, Jude Monye, won an cap Olympic silver medal at Atlanta in 2000 Best Part of being a Pro? Being able to in the 4 x 400 Nigerian relay team. achieve something you’ve always wanted He was in the same house at Lord Worst Part? Early mornings and tiredness Wandsworth College, Hampshire, as and soreness after games Jonny Wilkinson – Sutton House. Where Were You in 1997? winner with Watching at school England.

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EUAN ALISTAIR RUGBY FACTS MURRAY TEAM P W D L T C P DG PTS Scotland 28 12 0 16 2 0 0 0 10 Lions Tests 00 0 0000 0 0 Lions Overall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Born: 07/08/1980 Glasgow, Scotland Ht: 1.80m (6ft 1in) Wt: 118kg (18st 8lb)

Position RUGBY LIFE OF EUAN OFF THE CUFF Prop Euan helped reach First Picked up Rugby ball? Country / Club the semi-fi nals of the EDF Energy Cup Clarkston RFC, Glasgow Scotland / and the fi nal of the European Challenge First Team? Clarkston U12s Northampton Saints Cup this season. He signed a new three- EUAN MURRAY Test Caps year deal with the Saints in March that First Position? Centre Scotland 28 (27+1) will keep him at Franklin’s Gardens until First Trophy? 1992 Digital Tournament 2012. Played for Scotland U18, U19 and age 12 Test Points U21, playing in the FIRA U19 World Cup Scotland 10 (2T) in Wales in 1999 and two Sanzar Under First Rep team? Glasgow U16 Test Debut 21 tournaments. He played for Scotland First Tour? To New Zealand with Romania 19 Scotland 39 against the Barbarians in May, 2005 in an Glasgow Thistles in 1998

(05/06/2005 in Bucharest) uncapped match before making his Test MURRAY EUAN debut a month later in Bucharest against First Rugby Autograph? Test Record v SA Never asked for one P2 L2 Romania. His career almost came to an abrupt end in September that year when Key Career Moment? Getting severely he was knocked unconscious playing for concussed in September 2005 Glasgow against Munster in the Magners League. He went into convulsions on the Toughest Opponent? pitch and his team mates feared for his Olivier Milloud (France) safety. He had a two month lay off after Best Part of being a Pro? AMAZING that collision with ’s Lots of free time He is an accomplished piano player. knee because he was suffering from the Worst Part? Always too tired to do symptoms of vertigo. He marks that ‘near He held off becoming a full-time anything with free time death’ experience as a turning point in his professional to qualify as a veterinary life. Where Were You in 1997? Watching at surgeon. family home Chapleton Man of the Match against South Africa in November internationals. A stress fracture of the spine forced him to leave Scotland’s 2004 tour to Australia without playing a game.

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