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John-Roy Jenkinson (born 26 March 1991 in Worcester) is a South African rugby union player for Munakata Sanix Blues in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is prop.
Career
Youth
He represented theSharks at youth level and played for them in the 2004 Under-13 Craven Week and the 2007 Under-16 Grant Khomo Week tournaments. He played for a KwaZulu-Natal Country Districts team at the 2008 Academy Week and played for KwaZulu-Natal at the 2009 Under-18 Craven Week.
He then moved to Potchefstroom and played rugby for theLeopards U19 team in 2010 and theLeopards U21 team in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions.
Senior career
He made his first class debut for theLeopards in the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division competition, coming on as a late substitute in their match against theSharks. He made a further nine appearances the following season in the 2012 Currie Cup First Division.
In July 2013, he signed for theFree State Cheetahs on a loan deal.
He also signed for theSharks on a three-month loan deal for the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division, but returned to Potchefstroom without playing in any matches for the Sharks.
He was a member of theLeopards team that won the 2015 Currie Cup First Division. He featured in a total of thirteen matches during the 2015 Currie Cup qualification rounds and First Division proper and scored two tries for the side. He also started the final, where he helped the Leopards to a 44–20 victory over theSWD Eagles to win the competition for the first time in their history.
Varsity Cup rugby
He also played for theNWU Pukke in the 2011 Varsity Cup and 2012 Varsity Cup competitions. This also led to his inclusion in the South African Students team in 2012. He was named in a Varsity Cup Dream Team at the conclusion of the 2015 Varsity Cup tournament which played one match against the South Africa Under-20s in Stellenbosch.
Representative rugby
In 2011, he played for the South Africa Under-20 team in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship.