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Scott Gibbs

Scott Gibbs
Personal information
Full name Ian Scott Gibbs
Nickname Car Crash
Born (1971-01-23) 23 January 1971 (age 46)
Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
Playing information
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 15 st 7 lb (98 kg)
Rugby union
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–91 Bridgend
1991–92 Neath 14 16
1992–94 Swansea 42 63
1996–03 Swansea
2003–04 Ospreys
Total 56 0 0 0 79
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1991–01 Wales 53 10 0 0 50
199301 British & Irish Lions 5 1 0 0 5
Rugby league
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–96 St. Helens 48 23 0 0 92
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–95 Wales 2 0 0 0 0
Source: Rugby League Project

Ian Scott Gibbs (born 23 January 1971) is a former rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league. His most memorable feats were his performance in the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa (in which he was named "Player of the Series") and the superb individual try he scored in the dying minutes of the last ever Five Nations match in 1999 against England.

Gibbs was born in Bridgend and started his Rugby career at Pencoed RFC at mini and youth level, his first class career started at Bridgend RFC during the 1990/91 season, followed by a short spell at Neath RFC, before making his Welsh debut in 1991 against England. However he moved to Swansea RFC in January 1992, scoring a try on his debut in a Cup game against Oakdale. Gibbs also scored further tries that season in the cup against Neath RFC and Newport RFC to help Swansea reach the final where they lost to Llanelli RFC at Cardiff Arms Park.

Despite being only 22, he was selected for the 1993 British Lions tour to New Zealand, where he impressed so much that he was selected for the second and third tests instead of then-England captain Will Carling.


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