Gibbs
Scott Gibbs is a dual code international who is a legend of Welsh rugby. Discover his career with RugbyPass, your resident rugby gurus.
Scott Gibbs Bio
Scott Gibbs is a legend of the game. During his long and distinguished career, he successfully played both codes of the game and made appearances for Wales in both rugby league and rugby union. Scott Gibbs was inducted into the RugbyPass Hall of Fame in 2021.
Born 23 January 1971, Scott Gibbs began his rugby career at Pencoed RFC, where he progressed through the club’s mini and youth levels. He then began his first class career at Bridgend, before representing Neath and Swansea.
In 1994, Scott Gibbs switched codes and moved to St Helens. Although he returned to rugby union in 1996, his brief rugby league career was highly successful. During his two years in the game, he made two appearances for Wales and he won the Challenge Cup and the inaugural Super League title with St Helens.
Upon his return to rugby union and Swansea in 1996, Scott Gibbs was better than ever. Supremely powerful at inside centre, he was the hardest tackler in the world. As a result, he gained the nickname ‘car crash’.
Although he was highly successful at domestic level, Scott Gibbs is best known for his appearances on the international stage. Between 1991 and 2001, he made 53 appearances for Wales. Plus, between 1993 and 2001, he also went on three tours with the British and Irish Lions, where he was capped five times. On the 1993 tour, he was even selected above then-England captain Will Carling for two tests. On the 1997 tour, he was voted as the Player of the Series as the Lions beat South Africa.
Scott Gibbs retired from all forms of rugby in 2004, after enjoying one year with the Ospreys. Since his retirement from the sport, he’s largely worked as a television pundit. He now lives in South Africa and works as a coach.
