page_title: Bryce Gibbs (rugby league)
section_title: Wests Tigers
hierarchical_section_title: Bryce Gibbs (rugby league) / Playing career / Wests Tigers
caption_attribution_description: Wests Tigers Prop Bryce Gibbs - Parramatta Stadium 2005
context_page_description: Bryce Gibbs is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Appin Dogs in the Group 6 Rugby League. He previously played for the Wests Tigers with whom he won the 2005 NRL Premiership, and for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. He has been called, "a passionate clubman, popular among teammates and a front-rower with good line-speed and a willingness to get his mouth dirty."
context_section_description: Gibbs made his NRL debut against Penrith in August 2003, scoring a try with his first touch of the ball. "I came off the bench for the Tigers against Penrith at Penrith. I got the ball and scored and thought 'how good’s this'," Gibbs later said.
  In 2004 Gibbs was suspended for five matches following an incident in which he made contact with Brisbane Broncos five-eighth Casey McGuire.
  Gibbs scored a try in the Wests Tigers' victory in the 2005 NRL Grand Final, but never scored another for the club. As NRL Premiers Wests faced Super League champions Bradford Bulls in the 2006 World Club Challenge. Gibbs played from the interchange bench in the Tigers' 30–10 loss.
  In 2008, Gibbs won the award for being the Wests Tigers' Best Defensive Player.
  A fractured kneecap saw Gibbs playing injured throughout the semis in 2010. He was unable to play in the early rounds of the next season. Around the same time, he signed a contract to remain with the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2014 season. However, by the middle of 2011, Wests Tigers had released Gibbs in order to make room for Adam Blair, and he signed a three-year contract with the Cronulla Sharks from the start of 2012.
  Gibbs later said of his release, "I found out they didn't want me when I picked up the paper. The paper report said the club was punting me, Liam Fulton and Chris Heighington, but I didn't know what was going on. I can remember walking into the weights room and all the boys started laughing and saying, 'You are gone.' It wasn't a joke though because it was true. It was pretty embarrassing and devastating."
  By the time Gibbs left the Wests Tigers, he had been a regular in the starting team for a number of years, and was one of the club's most experienced players, having played in 155 games. He was noted for his, "determination in defence." Former teammate Keith Galloway said of him, "I learnt so much from Bryce in terms of coming off the line in defence. He used to always shout at you if you were not pulling your weight".
caption: Gibbs in 2005
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