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Edene Gebbie
Personal information
Born (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29)
Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 0 4
2019 Papua New Guinea 9s 2 2 0 0 9
Source: [1]
As of 10 November 2019

Edene Gebbie (born 6 May 1995) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for Papua New Guinea at international level and currently on a train and trial deal with the Wests Tigers.[2]

Background

Gebbie was born in Sogeri, Papua New Guinea.

Career

Gebbie made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 24-6 defeat by Samoa in the 2019 Oceania Cup.[3][4]

2018

In 2018, Gebbie was named rookie of the year for the Papua New Guinea Hunters.[5]Gebbie finished with 10 tries from 15 games that season for the Hunters.[6]

2019

In July 2019 the South Sydney Rabbitohs announced they had signed Gebbie for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. [7] "Edene is an exciting prospect and we're looking forward to seeing him develop his skills over the next two years under the guidance of our coaching staff", Rabbitohs' football manager Shane Richardson said, "He has scored 19 tries in 29 games over the past two seasons with his sides winning 22 of those 29 games in which he played."[8]

In September, Gebbie recorded 2 line-breaks and 169 run metres in Wynnum-Manly Seagulls' grand final defeat by the Burleigh Bears.[9]In 21 games that year the 24-year-old fullback scored 19 tries, recorded 21 line breaks and 162 tackle breaks. He also averaged 208 running metres.[10]

2020

Gebbie was released from the South Sydney Rabbitohs[11] team due to covid 19 reducing squad numbers to 32 players and he had to return to Papua New Guinea where he joined local club, Lae Snax Tigers.

2021

Gebbie was named in the PNG Hunters 37-man train on squad to be based in Australia[12] but had to withdraw.

References

  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ https://www.thenational.com.pg/wests-tigers-recruit-gebbie/
  3. ^ "Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Young gun Coates named in Kumuls squad". QRL.com. 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ Cotton, Ben (2019-07-26). "Rabbitohs sign Edene Gebbie". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  6. ^ "Official Intrust Super Cup profile of Edene Gebbie for Wynnum Manly Seagulls". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  7. ^ "Rabbitohs sign Edene Gebbie". rabbitohs.com.au. 25 July 2019.
  8. ^ "South Sydney sign PNG's Gabbie for next two seasons". Post Courier. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  9. ^ "WM Seagulls v Bears - Grand Final, 2019 - Match Centre". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  10. ^ "Why Wynnum flyer Gebbie will shine at South Sydney". Queensland Rugby League. 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  11. ^ https://www.thenational.com.pg/bunnies-release-gebbie/
  12. ^ https://postcourier.com.pg/png-hunters-2021-pre-season-squad-named/


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