 He was a youth goalkeeper for Afan Nedd Schools, Llandarcy and Afan Lido at the Welsh League level.He played in the youth systems of Bristol Rovers and Swansea and earned one Boys Club of Wales cap playing against Scotland, at 14.He's a lifelong Swansea fan, recalling being taken by his father, Gordon Jenkins, to watch Swansea play Cardiff at Ninian Park as a boy.