Edene Gebbie

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Edene Gebbie
Personal information
Born (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 28)
Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 PNG Hunters 15100040
2019 Wynnum Manly Seagulls 22180072
2020 Townsville Blackhawks 31004
2023 Port Moresby Vipers 50000
2024– Whitehaven RLFC 00000
Total452900116
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019– Papua New Guinea 31004
2019 Papua New Guinea 9s 22009
2018–22 PNG PM's XIII 20000
Source: [1]
As of 20 November 2023

Edene Gebbie (born 6 May 1995) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and winger for Whitehaven in the Betfred Championship and Papua New Guinea at international level. [2]

Contents

He previously played for the PNG Hunters, Wynnum Manly Seagulls and Townsville Blackhawks in the Hostplus Cup. [3]

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. [4] [5]

2018

In 2018, Gebbie was named rookie of the year for the Papua New Guinea Hunters. [6] Gebbie finished with 10 tries from 15 games that season for the Hunters. [7]

2019

In July 2019 the South Sydney Rabbitohs announced they had signed Gebbie for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. [8] "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." [9]

In September, Gebbie recorded 2 line-breaks and 169 run metres in Wynnum-Manly Seagulls' grand final defeat by the Burleigh Bears. [10] 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. [11]

2020

Gebbie was released from the South Sydney Rabbitohs [12] 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 where he was not given game time. [13]

2021

Gebbie was named in the PNG Hunters 37-man train on squad to be based in Australia [14] but had to withdraw.

In March 2021, it was announced that Gebbie was offered and accepted a Train and Trial contract with the Wests Tigers. [15]

2022

Edene Gebbie joined the Townsville Blackhawks for the 2022 season. [16] Gebbie was named in the PNG Kumuls 2021 Rugby League world cup squad but had to withdraw due to a groin injury. [17]

2023

Gebbie joined the Port Moresby Vipers for the 2023 PNG Digicel Exxon Mobil cup season. [18]

2024

Gebbie signs on with Whitehaven [19] in the Betfred Championship joining fellow Papua New Guinean, Dion Aiye. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Hunters recall Gebbie".
  3. ↑ "Blackhawks sign Gebbie".
  4. ↑ "Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Young gun Coates named in Kumuls squad". QRL.com. 16 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Cotton, Ben (26 July 2019). "Rabbitohs sign Edene Gebbie". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Official Intrust Super Cup profile of Edene Gebbie for Wynnum Manly Seagulls". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Rabbitohs sign Edene Gebbie". rabbitohs.com.au. 25 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "South Sydney sign PNG's Gabbie for next two seasons". Post Courier. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "WM Seagulls v Bears - Grand Final, 2019 - Match Centre". Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Why Wynnum flyer Gebbie will shine at South Sydney". Queensland Rugby League. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Bunnies release Gebbie – The National".
  13. ↑ "Gebbie joins local club – the National".
  14. ↑ "PNG Hunters 2021 pre-season squad named - Post Courier". 19 November 2020.
  15. ↑ "Edene Gebbie arrives in quarantine - Wests Tigers". 5 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Subscribe to the Townsville Bulletin".
  17. ↑ "Coates, Gebbie ruled out – the National".
  18. ↑ https://www.postcourier.com.pg/vipers-name-team-for-round-one-gebbie-to-debut/
  19. ↑ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/papua-new-guinea-international-edene-gebbie-makes-england-whitehaven-move-for-2024
  20. ↑ https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/the-nine-papua-new-guinea-players-who-will-play-in-super-league-next-season-as-kumuls-contingent-in-england-grows


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