Ron Gibbs

Ron Gibbs

Personal information
Nickname	Rambo
Born	(1962-04-14) 14 April 1962 (age 55) Brewarrina, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1983–85 Easts (Sydney) 28 5 1 0 22 1986–87 Manly-Warringah 47 6 0 0 24 1988–90 Gold Coast Seagulls 56 6 0 0 24 1988–90 Castleford 41 12 0 0 48 1991 Western Suburbs 16 0 0 0 0 Total 188 29 1 0 118 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1987–89 Country NSW 2 0 0 0 0 1990 Australian Aborigines
As of 7 June 2011 Source: RLP

Ron Gibbs (born 14 April 1962) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played professionally in Australia and England. An Australian Aboriginal and Country New South Wales representative three-quarter back or second-row forward, he played his club football in the New South Wales Rugby League for Eastern Suburbs, Manly-Warringah (with whom he won the 1987 NSWRL Premiership), Gold Coast-Tweed and Western Suburbs, as well as in England for Castleford.

In 1982 Gibbs, nicknamed "Rambo" for his fearless runs at the defensive line, scored three tries for the Western Suburbs Rosellas as they defeated Kurri Kurri to win the Newcastle Rugby League Grand Final 21-14 at the Newcastle International Sports Centre.

Gibbs made his NSWRL Premiership début for Eastern Suburbs in 1983 against Illawarra. He was the club’s captain in 1984 and 1985 before handing the job over to John Tobin.

He joined the Bob Fulton coached Manly-Warringah in 1986 and played in 47 games for the club, including the winning 1987 Grand Final against Canberra in the last Grand Final played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1987 he also represented New South Wales Country in the annual City v Country Origin match. His last game for the club was the 1987 World Club Challenge at Central Park in Wigan, England. Gibbs became the first player sent off in a World Club Challenge following a high tackle on Wigan centre Joe Lydon. Wigan won a try-less game 8-2 in front of 36,895 fans.