Andrew Gibbs Wales Rugby
Andrew gibbs and gareth wyatt also going over while arwel.
Andrew gibbs wales rugby. A courageous cop who played rugby for wales thought he was going to die as he tackled a knifeman threatening to cut his own throat. Like many of the early rugby teams formed with the industrial developments of the monmouthshire valleys llanhilleth earned a name for its powerful forward play a reputation that remains to this day. Notably he also played club rugby for llanelli rfc and newport rfc. A try by bert gould partnering his brother arthur in the centre scored the only points of the game with a try.
Paul john led wales to victory in the end. The last game was the big one against gareth rees canadian team. One of the most significant and famous days in welsh rugby history with this win wales own the triple crown and the home nations title for the first time. Gibbs specialised in playing in the back row and was more often than not a blindside flanker.
Andrew gibbs the newbridge flanker was first capped against ireland in cardiff in 1995 and played five more times for wales with his final match coming against canada two years later. Gibbs a 22 year old police constable has managed to overcome the debilitating effects of reactive arthritis which put him out of rugby for nearly 18 months to reach his sudden eminence. The unprecedented day graham henry invited 100 players to try out for wales weeks before grannygate erupted. Former wales captain kingsley jones and wales flanker andrew gibbs who also coached the club.
He played his initial games for wales as prop but at the instigation of wales coach graham henry switched to the position of hooker. Andrew gibbs born 20 march 1972 is a former international rugby union for wales. Re live the game here. He was included in wales squad for the 1999 rugby world cup and played in three matches as a replacement.
His final appearance for wales was as a replacement against romania in november 2002. Andrew gibbs started his career at ucsb.