Brent Webb

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Brent Webb
Personal information
Full name Brent Webb
Date of birth 8 November 1980 (1980-11-08) (age 27)
Place of birth Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Weight 12 st 6 lbs (79 Kg)
Nickname(s) Webby, superman[1]
Club information
Position(s) Full-Back
Current club Leeds Rhinos
Number 1
Youth clubs
Years Club
Cairns Kangaroos
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2002 ‐ 06
2006 ‐		 NZ Warriors
Leeds Rhinos		 103 (156)
12 (52)
Representative teams
2004 ‐ New Zealand

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Brent Webb is an Australian born New Zealand rugby league player for Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League. Webb plays as a full-back and is a New Zealand international.

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[edit] International Football

He has also represented the New Zealand national team and was a stand-out player at the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament.

Although he is Australian born and is an Indigenous Australian of Torres Strait Islander origin, he became a New Zealand citizen which later allowed him to be selected for the New Zealand national team.

Australian player Willie Mason created controversy for being televised verbally mocking Webb during the Kiwis performance of the Haka before the first 2006 Tri-Nations match in Auckland, New Zealand. Mason stated that he was mocking Webb for doing the Haka even though he was an Aboriginal (even though Mason was born in Auckland), Webb later retorted that he was not an Aboriginal but in fact a Torres Strait Islander. Mason was later flattened by a massive hit during the game by Kiwis enforcer David Kidwell.

[edit] Leeds Rhinos

Brent is set to be a huge asset to the Rhinos. A skillful player either in attack or defence, his outstanding performances for both the Warriors and the national team made him a worthy winner of the title New Zealand Player of the Year, which he shared with Melbourne Storm’s David Kidwell. Leeds Rhinos announced they had captured the signature of New Zealand full back Brent Webb during the 2006 season on a two year contract. He comes to Headingley Carnegie fresh from being one of the players of the tournament in the Tri Nations. Since making his first grade debut back in 2002 Webb has quickly established himself as one of the best attacking full backs in NRL, and with a great strength and speed that will ensure he is a great asset to the Rhinos.

[edit] Controversy

Brent Webb has received a four match ban following two head high tackles in Leeds' recent match against Harlequins RL at the Twickenham Stoop. [2]

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. [3]

[edit] 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.

Brent Webb is a former schoolboy player from Kirwan State High School in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

[edit] References

  1. ^ webb called superman 7th line down 2nd paragraph. eveing post.
  2. ^ Webb suspended for four matches. BBC (2007-08-07). Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
  3. ^ Webb gets four-match ban. Sportinglife (2007-08-07). Retrieved on 2007-08-08.

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