Caleb Binge

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Caleb Binge
Personal information
Born (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 30)
Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight104 kg (16 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014 Gold Coast Titans 20000
Source: [1]
As of 22 September 2015

Caleb Binge (born 29 October 1993) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays prop.

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Playing career

Born in Lismore, New South Wales, Binge played his junior football for the Ballina Seagulls before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos. Upon moving to Brisbane, Binge attended Wavell State High School. He represented Queensland Under 16's in 2009 and Queensland Under 18's in 2011. He played for the Broncos' NYC team in 2011. [2] In 2012, Binge joined the Gold Coast Titans and played for their NYC team through to 2013 [2] before moving on to their Queensland Cup team, Tweed Heads Seagulls in 2014.

In round 14 of the 2014 NRL season, Binge made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast against the Melbourne Storm off the interchange bench in the 24–20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. [3] [4] Binge didn’t play in first grade again until the Titans last match of the 2014 season in Round 26 against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Cbus Super Stadium, where he was a late inclusion on the interchange bench after the retiring Titans foundation player Luke Bailey failed to recover from a neck injury before the Titans comeback 19–18 golden point extra time win. [5] [6] Binge finished off his debut year in the NRL with him playing in two matches for the Gold Coast outfit in the 2014 NRL season. In 2015, Binge played for the Tweed Seagulls in the Queensland Cup competition. He would later go on to play for the Narrabri Blues in the country competition. [7]

Controversy

In October 2010, Binge's father, Chris, alleged that Binge was racially vilified by NRL player Timana Tahu at an Aboriginal knock-out carnival. [8] [9] On 19 November 2014, Binge pleaded guilty to low-range drink driving and was fined $900 along with having his licence suspended for three months. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Caleb Binge - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Caleb Binge player results, scores, news and statistics". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ↑ NRL (16 June 2014). "Changes to both teams tonight". Titans. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Gold Coast Titans rookie Caleb Binge earns NRL debut after shedding 12kg in off-season". Couriermail.com.au. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Laine Clark (5 September 2014). "Luke Bailey ruled out of Gold Coast Titans farewell match with neck injury". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. ↑ NRL (7 September 2014). "Late Mail - Titans v Bulldogs". Titans. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Caleb Binge: Narrabri Blues prop reflects on his NRL past". www.northerndailyleader.com.au.
  8. ↑ "Home | Live Scores & Latest News". Fox Sports. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Timana Tahu can save ailing Panthers". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Caleb Binge says sorry". www.titans.com.au.
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