Charlie Gubb is a New Zealand former professional

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footballer who last played for the

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in the

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Early years

Gubb, of

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descent, attended

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and played for their first XV

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team before switching to rugby league in 2008, playing for the University Hunters club in the

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competition. He signed with the New Zealand Warriors in 2010, turning down offers from the

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...

and the

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Playing career

After signing with the New Zealand Warriors, Gubb played for their Toyota Cup (Under-20s) team in 2010. He played in 23 games during the season and came off the bench in the 2010 Toyota Cup Grand Final, which was won by the Warriors 42–28. Following the 2010 season, Gubb moved to Australia and joined the

Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum-Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1951 to 1997. Since ...

in the

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

. He was part of the Seagulls team that won the 2011 Queensland Cup grand final 16–10. In 2012, he was selected to play for the

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team. Gubb returned to Auckland in 2013 and trialled with the Warriors on a pre-season contract. Gubb earned a full-time contract with the club and spent the first half of the year playing

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with the

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. His contract was extended until the end of 2014 in June and, after several games as 18th man, Gubb was named to make his first grade debut for the Warriors on 7 July 2013 after

Russell Packer Russell Packer (born 9 October 1989) is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the Wests Tigers, St. George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, and the New Zealand Māori and New ...

withdrew due to injury. In 2018, Gubb joined the

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but halfway through the season signed with English club

Leigh Centurions The Leigh Leopards are a professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, who compete in the Betfred Super League. The club was founded in 1878, and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern R ...

. On July 27, 2018, Gubb's move to Leigh fell through due to financial reasons, Gubb then signed a contract to join the

instead. On 4 March 2019, Gubb announced his retirement from Rugby League at the age of 28 to pursue a career as a teacher back in his home country of New Zealand.

References

External links

Canberra Raiders profileNRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gubb, Charlie 1990 births Living people Auckland rugby league team players Canberra Raiders players New Zealand Māori rugby league players New Zealand Māori rugby league team players New Zealand rugby league players New Zealand schoolteachers New Zealand Warriors players People educated at Wellington College (New Zealand) Rugby league players from Wellington City Rugby league props Widnes Vikings players Wynnum Manly Seagulls players