Allan Fitzgibbon (rugby league, born 1998)

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Allan Fitzgibbon
Personal information
Born (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 26)
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2025– Gold Coast Titans 62008
Source: [1]
As of 20 August 2025

Allan Fitzgibbon (born 10 November 1998) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.

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Background

Fizgibbon was born in Coffs Harbour and is of Indigenous Australian descent from the Dunghutti and Bundjalung people. [2]

He attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield before being signed by the Penrith Panthers. [3]

Playing career

Early career

In 2018, Fitzgibbon was a member of Penrith's Jersey Flegg Cup squad but spent the season playing for St Marys Saints in the Sydney Shield and Ron Massey Cup. [4] [5] [6] In 2019, he played three games for the Panthers' NSW Cup side, scoring three tries. [7] [8]

After spending time in the Australia rugby sevens system, he returned to rugby league in 2021, joining the Wests Tigers, playing for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the NSW Cup. [9] [10] He was released by the Tigers in June 2021 after a domestic violence charge. [11]

In 2023, Fitzgibbon joined the Sydney Roosters NSW Cup team before moving to the North Sydney Bears halfway through the season. [12] In 2024, he scored a try in the Bears' NSW Cup Grand Final loss to the Newtown Jets. [13]

2025

Fitzgibbon joined the Gold Coast Titans on a development contract for the 2025 season, starting the season playing for the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup. [14] [15]

In Round 6 of the 2025 NRL season, he made his NRL debut in the Titans' 38–16 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons. [16]

References

  1. RLP
  2. "Indigenous round comes to Bear Park". North Sydney Bears. 26 May 2024.
  3. "2014 NSW All Schools Track and Field" (PDF). Parramatta Diocese Secondary Sport. 9 October 2014.
  4. "2018 Under-20s squads". 18th Man. 13 February 2018.
  5. "WRAP Ron Massey Cup Finals Week Three". NSWRL. 15 September 2018.
  6. "WRAP Sydney Shield Rd 3". NSWRL. 24 April 2018.
  7. "LIVE COVERAGE Canterbury Cup NSW Rd 12". NSWRL. 1 June 2019.
  8. "Panthers launch comeback to bury Blacktown". Penrith Panthers. 1 June 2019.
  9. "NRL 2021: Wests Tigers rookie Allan Fitzgibbon joins race for NRL's fastest man". Daily Telegraph. 18 February 2021.
  10. "Wests Tigers name team for Roosters trial match". Wests Tigers. 18 February 2021.
  11. "Wests Tigers Statement". Wests Tigers. 9 July 2021.
  12. "Seniors Report: Roosters Record Mixed Round 1 Results". Sydney Roosters. 6 March 2023.
  13. "Newtown wins Premiership number nine". NSWRL. 29 September 2024.
  14. "Titans confirm Hostplus Cup allocations for 2025". Gold Coast Titans. 20 February 2025.
  15. "Affiliate Wrap: Titans' feeder clubs go to battle in Cup". Gold Coast Titans. 31 March 2025.
  16. "Locked in: Fifita ruled out; electrifying flyer to debut". Gold Coast Titans. 10 April 2025.