Brent Webb
- Not to be confused with Brant Webb.
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Full name | Brent Douglas Webb[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 8 November 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb) [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brent Webb is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for Leeds in the Super League. Webb plays as a full-back and is a former New Zealand international.
Early years
Webb was born in Cairns and educated at Kirwan State High School. He played his junior rugby for the Cairns Kangaroos. He was the Queensland Cup leading try scorer in 2001 before being spotted by Daniel Anderson and signed by the New Zealand Warriors.
Playing career
New Zealand Warriors
Webb made his NRL debut for the Warriors in front of a home crowd against the Newcastle Knights on 1 April 2002, aged 21.
He was named the Supporters' Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004.
2006 was Webb's last for the Warriors. Despite being the club's top try-scorer with a career best 11 tries, it was a frustrating season.
Leeds Rhinos
Webb currently plays for Leeds in the Super League. The club announced they had captured the signature of New Zealand full back Brent Webb during the 2006 season on a two year contract. He came to the Headingley fresh from being one of the players of the tournament in the Tri Nations. Since making his first team debut back in 2002 Webb has established himself as an attacking full backs in NRL and later the Super League. His reputation has earned him the chant from the South Stand spectators, 'Brent Webb is Superman!'.
Brent Webb received a four match ban following two head high tackles in Leeds' 2007 match against Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop.[3] The Kiwi international had an eventful game, being placed on report twice and sin-binned, but then scoring two tries and having a hand in others.[4]
On 29 June 2011 Brent signed a new 1-year deal with Leeds to keep him at the club until the end of 2012, despite reports linking him with a move to newly promoted Widnes [5] Later that year he played at fullback for Leeds in the 2011 Challenge Cup final which was lost to Wigan.
It was announced on 4 September 2012 that Brent Webb had signed for the Catalans Dragons on a one year deal.
Representative career
Webb is a member of the New Zealand national rugby league team. Although he is Australian born and is an Indigenous Australian of Torres Strait Islander origin, he became eligible for selection after living in New Zealand for three years. He was notably part of the New Zealand squad that won the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations.
Webb was forced to withdraw from the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.[6]
Personal life
His partner Jenny gave birth to their first son in April 2007 and named him Ruben Douglas Webb, after retired Kiwis' captain Ruben Wiki.
References
- ^ WEBB, BRENT DOUGLAS 2004 - 2006, 2008 - KIWI #708 nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "Leeds Rhinos Players & Coaches 1st Team". web page. Leeds Rhinos. 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Webb suspended for four matches". BBC. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Webb gets four-match ban". Sportinglife. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ , 29th June 2011 superleague.co.uk
- ^ "Kiwi Webb forced out of World Cup". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
External links
- Leeds profile
- tvnz.co.nz Warriors profile
- NZ Warriors profile
- Brent Webb feature
- Brent Webb at RLeague.com
Template:Leeds Rhinos squad - 2012 World Club Challenge winners
- 1979 births
- People from Cairns
- New Zealand people of Australian descent
- People educated at Kirwan State High School
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- New Zealand rugby league players
- Indigenous Australian rugby league footballers
- Leeds Rhinos players
- New Zealand Warriors players
- Australian emigrants to New Zealand
- North Harbour rugby league team players
- Northcote Tigers players
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Living people