Anthony Gelling is a Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 player who currently plays for the Auckland Vulcans

Auckland Vulcans

The Auckland Vulcans are an Auckland based rugby league club that participates in the New South Wales Cup. They are administered by the Rugby League Development Foundation. The team is selected from the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Competition and also uses Warriors squad members not...

 in the New South Wales Cup. He plays in the second-row or at centre.

Playing career

He is a Howick Hornets

Howick Hornets

The Howick Hornets are a rugby league club based in Howick, New Zealand. The premier team competes in Auckland Rugby League's senior competitions. The club currently competes in the top division, the Fox Memorial Trophy...

 junior.

In 2009 and 2010 Gelling played for the Sydney Roosters

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 in the Toyota Cup. In September 2010 he was sacked by the Roosters along with team mate Samuel Brunton

Samuel Brunton

Samuel Brunton is a Cook Islands rugby league player. He plays as a lock or hooker. He is a Cook Islands international.-Early years:Brunton was a Howick Hornets and Mangere East Hawks junior.-Playing career:...

 after they were accused of defecating in their hotel room. He is a Cook Islands

Cook Islands national rugby league team

-2008 World Cup Qualifying:See 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifyingThe Cook Islands played Fiji, Tonga and Samoa in the Pacific pool of Qualifying for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Fiji and Tonga qualified, and Samoa earned a second chance in the repecharge round...

 international.

In 2011 Gelling returned to New Zealand, joining the Auckland Vulcans

Auckland Vulcans

The Auckland Vulcans are an Auckland based rugby league club that participates in the New South Wales Cup. They are administered by the Rugby League Development Foundation. The team is selected from the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Competition and also uses Warriors squad members not...

 and his old club, the Howick Hornets, winning the 2011 Fox Memorial. He was named in the Counties Manukau Stingrays side in the 2011 National Competition.