# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-giffin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:24:16.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-giffin"
name: "David Giffin"
slug: "david-giffin"
description: "David Giffin is a former vice-captain of the Wallabies in rugby union, where he played in the lock position. Queensland-born, he played most of his professional career with the ACT Brumbies in what was then the Super 12. At that level, he earned 81 caps – earning a further 49 at international level. At the height of his game he was considered to be the leading exponent of lineouts in world rugby. Giffin was a member of the Wallabies 1999 Rugby World Cup-winning squad, where he started in the final. He was also a part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup final where the Wallabies finished runner-up."
tagline: "Australian rugby union player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1973-11-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.7
  momentum:             1.525423728813559
  historical:           5.874010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Giffin"
    title: "David Giffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديفيد غيفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Giffin"
    title: "David Giffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Гиффин, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Giffin"
    title: "David Giffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Giffin"
    title: "David Giffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump