Reggie Gibbs

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name = Reggie Gibbs


caption = Reggie Gibbs wearing the Welsh strip
birthname = Reginald Arthur Gibbs
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birthyear = 1882
birthmonth = 05
birthday = 07
placeofbirth = Cardiff [ [http://scrum.com/1200_1205.php?player=25978&includeref=dynamic Scrum.com player profile] ] Wales
deathyear = 1938
deathmonth = 11
deathday = 28
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ru_nationalyears = 1906-1911 1908
ru_nationalcaps = 16 2
ru_nationalpoints = (57) (3)
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Reggie Gibbs (May 7, 1882 - November 28, 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff. He was capped 16 times for his country and captained his team on one occasion. Gibbs is one of five Welsh players to have scored four tries in a single game.

International career

Gibbs was first capped for his country in a game against Scotland on February 3, 1906. Wales won the game 9-3, but were completely outplayed by Scotland; the main reason for the Scottish defeat was Gibbs impressive display as a 'rover'. His work with Billy Trew turned the minimal possession Wales had into the three tries the team scored on the day.Parry-Jones (1999), pg 167.]

In total Gibbs scored 17 tries for his country, establishing a Welsh record which stood until Gareth Edwards broke it in 1976. In his final season, 1911, Gibbs scored five tries as Wales won the Triple Crown and Grand Slam, their last such success for 39 years. He captained Wales once, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1910, scoring a try and leading Wales to 19-3 victory. Gibbs toured Australasia as part of the Arthur Harding's Anglo-Welsh team of 1908. In the 1908 tour, Gibbs played two of the tests and scored the only try for the tourists in the first test.

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), pg 466.]
*ru|ENG 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911
*ru|FRA 1908, 1910, 1911
*ru|IRE 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911
*ru|SCO 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911

British Isles
*flagicon|NZLNew Zealand 1908, 1908

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