Bruce Gibbs is an Australian former
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s from
Oberon, New South Wales
Oberon is a town located within the Oberon Council local government area, in the central tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The main industries are farming, forestry and wood products. The town usually receives snowfall during the ...
. His position of choice was at . He first played for
Workington Town
Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria.
Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team.
They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...
in England between 1975 and 1976. That year he also played for the
Other Nationalities
The Other Nationalities rugby league team are a rugby league representative team that usually consists of non-English players. They have also played under the name The Exiles and more recently Combined Nations All Stars. They competed in the first ...
side. He then moved to Australia where he played for his first Australian club,
Newtown, in 1977, playing twelve games and scoring two tries. He then signed for
Western Suburbs and played at the club between 1978 and 1980 where he formed a front row partnership with
John Donnelly. He made a total of 49 appearances for the club, scoring four tries.
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External links
Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Newtown Jets players
Other Nationalities rugby league team players
Rugby league players from New South Wales
Rugby league props
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Western Suburbs Magpies players
Workington Town players
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