Newcastle bargain buy Tyson Gamble is proud to call himself a grub after rising from three NRL games in three years, with an $8.30 hourly wage driving him the whole way.
The first time Tyson Gamble set foot in Newcastle, more than 13,000 Knights fans booed him, and current teammate Jacob Saifiti gave him an almighty spray.“I put a bomb up and [Saifiti] half hit me in the air,” Gamble said with a laugh of Brisbane’s thumping win over the Knights last year, the first time he’d visited the city he would soon help steer to the NRL finals.
They’ve quickly come around, though, and rightly so. His 47-game career has been a slower burn than most after starting in very rugby league fashion.NRL Photos “I’d been full-time for four years, had played three games and I was off contract,” the former Bronco said.“That 2021 season was a tough year for Brisbane and I got an opportunity in a game against the Titans.
“I sort of realised that if I knuckle down and look after myself I can actually make a career of this. That was a bit of a turning point in my career. It was make or break: you either take this opportunity or get back on the tools.”
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