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| Full name | Gene Fairbanks | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Centre | |
| Current club | Brumbies | |
| Super Rugby | ||
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| Brumbies | ||
Gene Fairbanks (born 8 August 1982 in Goondiwindi, Australia) is an Australian rugby union footballer. The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 Rugby union team The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 Rugby union team Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Goondiwindi is an Australian town of approximately 5023 people (Census 2004 with an annual population growth of 1 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short He currently plays for the Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 Rugby union team The Super 14 is the largest Rugby union football club championship in the Southern hemisphere, consisting of four state teams from Australia (Queensland/Reds His usual position is at inside centre or fly-half.
Fairbanks was educated at Downlands College in Toowoomba and he was invited to join the Reds Rugby College in 1997. Downlands College is a Secondary school in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He played his senior club rugby for Easts. Fairbanks made his Super 12 debut in 2003, for the Queensland Reds, in a match against the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton. The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of Rugby union. The Chiefs (formerly known as the Waikato Chiefs) are a professional Rugby union team based in Hamilton New Zealand. Hamilton ( Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand 's fourth largest Urban area, and is the country's seventh largest City Later that year he was selected in the Australian Under 21's team. His 2004 season for the Reds' was troubled by a foot injury he sustained in the pre-season.
He signed for the Brumbies franchise for the 2005 season, and scored a try on debut against the Crusaders. For the speedway team see Canterbury Crusaders (speedway. The Crusaders (formerly the He went onto start in another six matchese that year for the Brumbies, earning in total, eight caps for the team. He played in 11 of the Brumbies' matches in the 2006 Super 14 season, and was subsequently included in the 2006 Wallabies squad. The 2006 Super 14 season started on Friday February 10 2006. The Grand Final was held on Saturday May 27 The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in Rugby union.
External links
- Gene Fairbanks on brumbies. com. au
- Gene Fairbanks on sarugby. com
- Fairbanks' loyalty to code pays off with tour in The Australian October 05, 2006