Callum_Gibbins
Callum Gibbins
New Zealand rugby union player
Callum Gibbins (born 14 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States.
| Date of birth | (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (15 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Inglewood High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Massey University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He previously played flanker for the Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14.[1]
Amateur career
Gibbins was drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017–18 season.[2]
Gibbins has been drafted to Glasgow Hawks in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018–19 season.[3]
Professional career
Gibbins moved to Palmerston North in 2007 to study for a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise at Massey University.[citation needed] He made his Manawatu Turbos debut in 2009 against Wellington.[4]
He was named in the Hurricanes Wider Training Group for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[5] In 2015 Gibbins signed a full contract to be in the Hurricanes first team squad after two strong years in the Wider Training Group.[6] He went on to play in all but one of the Hurricanes fixtures in 2015. He extended his Hurricanes contract to the end of the 2016 season.[7]
Gibbins made his debut for Glasgow Warriors in September 2017 in their league match versus Ospreys.[8]
He was made co-captain of the club for season 2018–19.[9]
On 6 November 2020, it was confirmed that Gibbins travels to USA to join Old Glory DC in the Major League Rugby competition on a player-coach capacity.[10]
- Callum Gibbins. Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved on 24 December 2018.
- Pro-player draft. Glasgow Warriors. Retrieved on 24 December 2018.
- Tennent’s Premiership clubs decide pro-player draft | Scottish Rugby Union Archived 2 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Scottishrugby.org (19 December 2018). Retrieved on 2018-12-24.
- "Callum Gibbins | The Official Website of the 2014 Investec Super Rugby Hurricanes". www.hurricanes.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Super Rugby Wider Training Groups named" (Press release). Chiefs. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- "Gibbins grabs full Canes contract | The Official Website of the 2014 Investec Super Rugby Hurricanes". www.hurricanes.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Gibbins to remain a 'Cane | The Official Website of the 2014 Investec Super Rugby Hurricanes". www.hurricanes.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Glasgow 31–10 Ospreys – Scottish Rugby Blog". Scottish Rugby Blog. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- Gibbins and Wilson named captains. Glasgow Warriors (15 February 2018). Retrieved on 2018-12-24.
- "Old Glory signs Glasgow's Callum Gibbins as player-coach". Americas Rugby News. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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