Career
A n international representative forward, he played the majority of his professional career in the National Rugby League for the and the clubs. Rubin also played on several occasions for his adopted country of, including four appearances as captain of the n national team at the 2000 World Cup after qualifying to play for them via the grandparent rule. Rubin is Jewish. After his family emigrated to Australia in his teens settling in Sydney, Rubin took up rugby league while at school where he was eventually spotted by Rabbitohs scouts in the early 1990s.
Rubin then signed his first professional contract for the for the beginning of the 1996 season where he quickly began playing in the first team side for the Sydney club usually playing as an impact prop-forward off the bench.
Rubin eventually made his name as a workhorse forward and over the next three years would go on to make forty-five appearances for the South Sydney side. Shortly after he travelled to England to captain in their 2000 World Cup campaign.
Altogether Rubin would only play two seasons for the Roosters but appeared in close to every fixture and captained the club on the odd occasion. Rubin was originally enquired about by n management during 1998 as to where his heritage lay and whether or not he would be able to represent for their World Cup qualifying fixtures in their bid to gain entry for the 2000 competition.
Suffered minor burns to his arm while once appearing on the Footy Show.
While making his entrance to the show via a tunnel, some pyrotechnic fireworks malfunctioned and subsequently burnt him. Is one of relatively few professional rugby league players to be of Jewish heritage.
