AJ Gilbert (born 19 June 1987 in Dorrigo,

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) is an Australian

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player. He was famously pilfered in a ruck during a match against Armidale blues by Corey Stace. He played twice for the

NSW Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), often referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team based in Sydney that represents the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The Waratahs play ...

and competed for the

Northern Suburbs Rugby Club Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based on Sydney's Lower North Shore, that was formed in 1900 from the merger of the Pirates and Wallaroos clubs. The club competes in the Shute Shield competition run by the New South ...

in the

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. He is of Filipino descent.

External links

Queensland player profile

Notes

1987 births Living people Australian people of Filipino descent Australian rugby union players New South Wales Waratahs players Queensland Reds players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from New South Wales People from New England (New South Wales) Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub