Ron Gibbs is a Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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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 played professionally in Australia and England.

Playing career

In 1982 Gibbs, nicknamed "Rambo" for his fearless runs at the defensive line, scored 3 tries for the Western Suburbs Rosellas

Western Suburbs Rosellas

The Western Suburbs Rosellas, Western Suburbs, Wests, The Rosellas or The Maggots are a Rugby League club based in the Newcastle, NSW region of Australia. It was a foundation member of the Newcastle Rugby League in 1909 and has been one of the most successful teams in that competition...

 as they defeated Kurri Kurri to win the Newcastle Rugby League

Newcastle Rugby League

The Newcastle Rugby League is a rugby league competition in Newcastle, Australia. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1910...

 Grand Final 21-14 at the Newcastle International Sports Centre.

Gibbs made his NSWRL Premiership debut for the Eastern Suburbs 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 1983 against the Illawarra Steelers

Illawarra Steelers

The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then New South Wales Rugby Football...

. He was the clubs captain in 1984 and 1985 before handing the job over to John Tobin.

He joined the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in 1986 and played in 47 games for the club, including the 1987 Grand Final. In 1987 he also represented New South Wales Country in the annual City v Country match. His last game for the club was the 1987 World Club Challenge

1987 World Club Challenge

The 1987 World Club Challenge was only the second game of its kind to be played between Britain's and Australia's respective domestic rugby league champions...

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In 1988 he joined the new Gold Coast-Tweed Giants as their key signing, although he missed their opening match. He spent the 1988-89 off season in England, playing for the Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers

Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...

. In 1989 Gibbs again represented NSW Country and was made the Giants captain. In 1990 Gibbs again played for both Gold Coast-Tweed and Castleford. He also represented the Australian Aboriginal side

Australian Aboriginal rugby league team

The Australia Aboriginal rugby league team is a rugby league football team that represents Australian Aborigines...

 in the 1990 Pacific Cup

1990 Pacific Cup

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In 1991 he spent one season with the Western Suburbs Magpies

Western Suburbs Magpies

The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia...

before retiring.