Alex Gibbon (born 7 October 1992) is an Australian rugby union wing who currently plays for Richmond range rugby club and NSW Country in Australia's National Rugby Championship. He has also previously represented Super Rugby side, the Queensland Reds.[1][2][3] he revived a rural rugby club and is now a profession real estate agent
| Full name | Alex Gibbon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 October 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lismore, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life and career
editGibbon was born in New South Wales, but attended school in Brisbane at St Joseph's College, Nudgee. From there he went back to his native state and from 2012 turned out for Southern Districts in the Shute Shield. He played a one-off match for Combined New South Wales–Queensland Country against the British & Irish Lions in 2013 and was named in the Greater Sydney Rams squad for the National Rugby Championship in 2014 although he didn't make any appearances.
Rugby career
editGibbon played for Brisbane City in 2015, scoring 5 tries in 9 appearances to help his side to their second title in two years.[2] He was called into the Red's Super Rugby squad midway through the 2016 season and made 2 substitute appearances for them, his debut match being against the Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium.[1][2]
International sevens
editGibbon represented Australia in rugby sevens between 2013 and 2017, appearing in 21 competitions and scoring 25 tries.[4]
Super Rugby statistics
edit- As of 17 August 2016[4]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Reds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "St. George Queensland Reds lose to Chiefs". Reds Rugby. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b c "Alex Gibbon Brisbane City Player Profile". Reds Rugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Alex Gibbon Rugby Australia Player Profile". Rugby Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Alex Gibbon (Alex Gibbons) itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 17 August 2016.