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2 Professional playing career  



2.1  New Zealand Warriors  





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3 Personal life  





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Brent Webb

Personal information

Full nameBrent Douglas Webb[1]
Born (1979-11-08) 8 November 1979 (age 44)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Playing information

Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (12 st 13 lb) [2]
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–06 New Zealand Warriors 103 39 27 0 210
2007–12 Leeds Rhinos 155 88 0 0 352
2013–14 Catalans Dragons 10 2 0 0 8
Total 268 129 27 0 570
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–08 New Zealand 17 9 10 0 56

Source: [3][4]

Brent Douglas Webb (born 9 November 1979) is a former New Zealand international rugby league footballer who played as a fullback. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL, before moving the Leeds Rhinos and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League.

Background[edit]

Webb was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. He is of Torres Strait Islander descent.

He was educated at Townsville's 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.

Professional playing career[edit]

New Zealand Warriors[edit]

Webb made his NRL début 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. Webb became eligible for national team selection after living in New Zealand for three years. He was part of the New Zealand squad that won the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations. 2006 was Webb's last year for the Warriors. Despite being the club's top try-scorer with a career best 11 tries, it was a frustrating season.

Leeds Rhinos[edit]

Webb playing for Leeds in 2010

In 2007 Webb joined Leeds Rhinos in the Super League on a two-year contract. He came to Leeds Rhinos fresh from being one of the players of the tournament in the Tri Nations. He became a favourite of the Leeds fans, and his attacking play earned him the chant from the South Stand spectators, 'Brent Webb is Superman!'.[citation needed]

Webb received a four match ban following two head high tackles in the Leeds Rhinos 2007 match against the Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop.[5] 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.[6]

Webb was forced to withdraw from the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.[7]

He played in the 2009 Super League Grand Final victory over St. HelensatOld Trafford.[8]

He played in the 2010 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Warrington WolvesatWembley Stadium.[9][10]

On 29 June 2011 Brent signed a new 1-year deal with the Leeds Rhinos to keep him at the club until the end of 2012, despite reports linking him with a move to newly promoted Widnes Vikings.[11]

Later that year he played at fullback in the 2011 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the Wigan WarriorsatWembley Stadium.[12][13]

He played in the 2011 Super League Grand Final victory over St. HelensatOld Trafford.[14][15]

Catalans Dragons[edit]

It was announced on 4 September 2012 that Webb had signed for the Catalans Dragons on a two-year deal. However, after a promising start, he suffered a recurrence of his back injury and subsequently lost his place in the team to Morgan Escare. After failing to recover, Webb was forced to retire from professional rugby league in 2014.[16]

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

  • ^ "Leeds Rhinos Players & Coaches 1st Team". web page. Leeds Rhinos. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  • ^ "loverugbyleague". Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  • ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  • ^ "Webb suspended for four matches". BBC. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  • ^ "Webb gets four-match ban". Sportinglife. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  • ^ "Kiwi Webb forced out of World Cup". BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  • ^ Fletcher, Paul (10 October 2009). "St Helens 10-18 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  • ^ Scott, Ged (28 August 2010). "Leeds 6–30 Warrington". BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  • ^ Wilson, Andy (28 August 2010). "Chris Hicks hat-trick leads Warrington to Challenge Cup triumph over Leeds". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  • ^ 29 June 2011 superleague.co.uk Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Scott, Ged (27 August 2011). "Leeds 18-28 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  • ^ Wilson, Andy (27 August 2011). "Leeds Rhinos 18-28 Wigan Warriors – Challenge Cup final match report". The Guardian. London.
  • ^ "Leeds claim Grand Final glory as inspired Rob Burrow sinks St Helens". Guardian. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  • ^ "St Helens 16 Leeds 32". Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  • ^ Brent Webb forced to retire from rugby league.
  • External links[edit]


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