Caleb Binge (born 29 October 1993) is an Australian professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer for the

Gold Coast Titans The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership, Australia's elite rugby league competition. Since 2008, the ...

of the

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. He primarily plays .

Playing career

Born in

Lismore, New South Wales Lismore is a city located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore Local government in Australia, local government area, it is also a regional centre in the Northern River ...

, Binge played his junior football for the Ballina Seagulls before being signed by the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

. Upon moving to Brisbane, Binge attended Wavell State High School. He represented Queensland Under 16's in 2009 and Queensland Under 18's in 2011. He played for the Broncos' NYC team in 2011. In 2012, Binge joined the

and played for their NYC team through to 2013 before moving on to their

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league, rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League, Queensland Rugby ...

team,

Tweed Heads Seagulls The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two club teams based outside of Queensland to play in the Queensland C ...

in 2014. In round 14 of the

2014 NRL season The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Leagu ...

, Binge made his

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debut for the Gold Coast against the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

off the interchange bench in the 24–20 loss at Cbus Super Stadium. Binge didn’t play in first grade again until the Titans last match of the 2014 season in Round 26 against the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

at Cbus Super Stadium, where he was a late inclusion on the interchange bench after the retiring Titans foundation player Luke Bailey failed to recover from a neck injury before the Titans comeback 19–18 golden point extra time win. Binge finished off his debut year in the NRL with him playing in two matches for the Gold Coast outfit in the

. In 2015, Binge played for the

Tweed Seagulls The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two club teams based outside of Queensland to play in the Queensland C ...

in the Queensland Cup competition. He would later go on to play for the Narrabri Blues in the country competition.

Controversy

In October 2010, Binge's father, Chris, alleged that Binge was racially vilified by

player

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at an Aboriginal knock-out carnival. On 19 November 2014, Binge pleaded guilty to low-range drink driving and was fined $900 along with having his licence suspended for three months.

References

External links

2014 Gold Coast Titans profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Binge, Caleb 1993 births Living people Australian people of Vanuatuan descent Australian rugby league players Gold Coast Titans players Indigenous Australian rugby league players 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Rugby league players from Lismore, New South Wales Rugby league props Tweed Heads Seagulls players 21st-century Australian sportsmen