Neil Jenkins was the first rugby union player to score 1,000 points in international matches.
The Welsh fly-half reached the milestone in 2001. Jenkins was renowned for his long-range kicking and became one of Wales’s most prolific international scorers, contributing through penalties, conversions, and drop goals as well as tries.
The 1,000-point milestone concerns a player’s full international career, rather than points in a single match or Rugby World Cup. Later elite kickers, including Jonny Wilkinson and Dan Carter, also passed 1,000 international points. Jenkins’s record was especially notable because he reached it before the professional era’s leading international scorers had completed their careers.