Player profile
Name: KORBIN SIMS
Date of birth: 02/01/1992
Height: 189cm
Weight: 106kg
Position: Prop/lock/second row
Korbin Sims (born 2 January 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. A Fiji international representative, he plays at prop, lock and second-row. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights
Born in Gerringong, New South Wales, Sims is of Fijian descent. Sims is the younger brother of St. George Illawarra Dragons player Tariq Sims and Warrington Wolves player Ashton Sims. His elder sister Ruan Sims played for the Australian women’s team in 2010 and 2015.
Sims played his junior football for the Gerringong Lions and Wests Panthers before being signed by the Brisbane Broncos, along with his brothers, Ashton and Tariq in 2008. Sims played for the Queensland U16’s and U18’s teams. He played for the Broncos NYC team in 2010, playing alongside his brother Tariq, scoring 2 tries in 9 games. In 2011, Sims joined the Newcastle Knights, playing in the NYC team in 2011 and 2012, scoring 14 tries in 40 games
2013
* Made his debut for the Knights in Round 3against NQ Cowboys, Sims re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract after rejecting offers from the Cowboys and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
* He was selected in the Fiji 24-man squad along his brothers Ashton and Tariq for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, scoring a try in his Fiji international debut against Ireland in the 32-14 win at Spotland Stadium.
2014
* In Round 7 against the Broncos, Sims scored his first NRL career try in the Knights 32-6 In May, Sims played for Fiji in the Pacific Rugby League International.
2015
* On 13 March, he again re-signed with the Knights on a 2-year contract. On 2 May, he played for Fiji against Papua New Guinea in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.
2016
* Selected in QAS Emerging Maroons squad and played for the Knights in the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. In October, he played for Fiji against Samoa.
* Signed a 2-year contract with the Brisbane Broncos. Made his Broncos debut in round 1 of the 2017 season.
