Career
Gibbes traditionally plays at the position of Blindside Flanker, or Number.6, but has also played at Lock. Due to his height of 194 cm, he has often been overlooked by the All Black selectors for being too short for an international class lock. Weighing in at 109 kg, Gibbes"s career has been plagued by injury.
Nonetheless his line-out jumping skills are more than impressive and under the guidance of John Mitchell was selected as captain of the Waikato Non-Player Character team in 2003.
During the match, which was played at Waikato and Chiefs home ground of Waikato Stadium, Gibbes was on the ground clearly suffering from cramp but miraculously staggered to his feet to make a try-saving tackle. On 13 June 2006, it was announced that Gibbes would be joining the Ospreys in Wales.
On 6 September 2006 however, the NZRU and Waikato announced that he has signed a new three-year contract with them. The 2007 season saw Gibbes remain in New Zealand and continue with the Chiefs, with injury again affecting his availability.
In July 2008 it was announced that Gibbes had been appointed as Forwards Coach of Leinster Rugby in Ireland.
Gibbes is also infamous for the quote: "Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.".
