OFFICIAL Bryce Gibbs [Discussion]

I liked Bryce. Was always a fan of his but became more of a favourite in the last couple of years. It will be sad not to see him with us. He will be missed.
 
@king sirro said:
There were definately times Bryce gave away a penalty on purpose. Mostly with one of his amazing cover tackles and mainly early in a set so it really cost the opposition momentum. Ive said it before….but Gibbs is defensively as good as Glenn Lazarus
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Agreed.

Bryce Gibbs is the fittest prop the game has seen in years.

His 2010 semi against the Dragons was the greatest effort of any front row forward I have ever seen in 35 years of following the game.

He was the glue that held our pack together. He is a major loss.
 
He certainly matured into a fine player over the last couple of years, but I believe his best years are still ahead of him - unfortunately not with us, though.
 
PREMIERSHIP-winning prop and new Cronulla Sharks signing Bryce Gibbs played the latter part of the season — including the NRL finals series — with a fractured kneecap.
A member of the 2005 premiership-winning Wests Tigers team, Gibbs could not train at all leading up to each game day.

‘‘We were down on troops and the coach [Tim Sheens] asked if I could guts it out for the rest of the season’s big games,’’ said Gibbs, who was already signed by the Sharks for three years from this season on.

‘‘I missed a game and struggled through … it was pretty tough.’’

After the Tigers we were finally knocked out by the New Zealand Warriors, Gibbs immediately went under the knife.

‘‘It was a real mess and they ended up cutting off half my knee cap in the operation,’’ he said, examining the scars.’’ The operation ended a traumatic and eventful season at Wests Tigers.

Gibbs and fellow young prop Andrew Fifita came to the Sharks as a ‘‘package deal’’ after the Tigers went after Melbourne’s Kiwi international prop, Adam Blair, halfway through last season.

The on-going shelling of Tigers players during the season — the Tigers were taking up an option to extend Fifita’s contract for another 12 months before deciding to release him to Cronulla — left ructions in the Tigers camp.

‘‘I actually wanted to play for the Sharks halfway through the season,’’ Gibbs admitted.

‘‘It was a tough time ... and I felt I needed a new challenge there and then and I spoke to ‘Flanno’ [coach Shane Flanagan] about it.’’

But Gibbs stayed until the end.

One of the more experienced NRL props in the competition with 160 first grade games, Gibbs, 27, says he is now enjoying his first preseason training session relatively pain-free. Co-incidentally, Gibbs fractured his other kneecap in 2010.

‘‘Up until now, I’d always been recovering from surgery, and hardly got to train at all in the off-season,’’ he said. ‘‘So I’m looking forward to training with my new teammates right up to the season proper, as my knee is a lot better now.’’

By the time Gibbs left Wests Tigers, he had been a regular in the starting team for several years, proving himself one of the best props in the NRL, especially his rugged defence.

Gibbs plans to fine down in weight, too, with the prospect of playing more game time under coach Flanagan each week.

‘‘Sheens used all his bigger men in set 20-minute bursts,’’ he said. ‘‘I know Flanno wants me to go further, if all is going well.

The Sharks play their first 2012 trial game when they host premiers Manly at Toyota Stadium on February 3.
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Have said it before, will be keeping an eye on how Gibbsy goes and I wish him all the best at the sharks (except when they play Wests Tigers). He has always shown plenty of guts, effort and determination and playing late last year with that injury epitomises that imo.
 
I like Gibbs, he will be missed.
I think we are giving too much credit saying that half the penalties he gave were deliberate professional penalties , altho these did happen on occasion , he had problems with discipline in the ruck. He has fixed this in the last few years.
I wish him well and hope that woods can develop into a player that can perform Gibbs role.
I agree his performance in the 2010 finals was amazing.
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i believe that is the reason we did let him go to sharks.. his Knees are rat shit.. I think he will be a good half yearly player… and i think his time on the field could be limited to how many he can play in a year.. but his defense was outstanding🙁
 
I said at the time of his signing, the club had to make a very hard call on Gibbs and based on his recent injury problem they decided he was the one to go. Only time will tell if it was the right call, but one things for certain if it was not him it would have had to been another player of similar cap value and we would be posting about him. We will certainly miss his defense and if the Sharks can keep him on the field they have got themself a top signing
 
@Flippedy said:
He certainly matured into a fine player over the last couple of years, but I believe his best years are still ahead of him - unfortunately not with us, though.
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I agree.
for Bryce's sake would be pleasing to see him go onto better things at the sharks.
like play rep footy again.
maybe score a try or two..
 
Gibbs is a fine example of how props usually get better with age.

I hate Sharks, but I hope Gibbs kills it and gets recognition. He is very underrated by the NRL fan community, probably as a result of reputation from his younger days.
 
Will always look back on Bryce's time with us positively - he made a great contribution to the club.

It's time now however to look forward and throw our support behind Adam Blair and the other new guys.
 
@LaT said:
Gibbs is a fine example of how props usually get better with age.

I hate Sharks, but I hope Gibbs kills it and gets recognition. He is very underrated by the NRL fan community, probably as a result of reputation from his younger days.
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Oddly enough, being at the Sharkies is not a huge hinderance to your representative aspirations. Sure you will never win a comp, but you might snag a SOO guernsey.
 
I have always had a lot of time for Gibbsy, to me he was typical of a young local kid who worked his way up through the juniors to grade, formed a bond with his other young Wests Tigers brothers, went on to be part of a premiership winning team and didn't stop there but continued to develop his game in what many will say is the toughest position on the field. As a supporter of Wests Tigers I will miss him playing for us but I wish him all the best and will support him when he isn't playing against us. The highlight for me when at the members day last year was when I spotted Gibbsy leaving the area where players were signing apparel for supporters, he was leaving, I asked him to sign a piece of apparel, he turned around, walked back and signed it and had a kind word to say.
 
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