Jake Webster

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Jake Webster

Personal information
Full name	Jake Webster
Date of birth	29 October 1983 (1983-10-29) (age 24)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)
Weight	17 st 0 lb (108 kg)
Nickname(s)	Biscuit Man, The Snake
Club information
Position(s)	Centre / Wing
Current club	Hull Kingston Rovers
Number	4
Youth clubs
Years	Club
	Moonee Ponds
Other clubs
Years	Club
	Norths Devils
Senior clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
2002 ‐ 06 2007 2008 ‐	Melbourne Storm Gold Coast Titans Hull KR	7 (12) 17 (16) 3 (24)
Representative teams
	New Zealand
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

Jake Webster, (born 29 October 1983 in Melbourne, Australia) is a New Zealand National rugby league player. He plays the position of Centre and Wing for Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Club.

Contents 1 Australia 2 England 3 Representative Football 4 References

[edit] Australia

He spent the early years of his life in Moonee Ponds before moving to Brisbane with his father. He began his rugby league career as an eight-year-old with the Valleys rugby league club and remained with the club through to under-18s. Jake was first spotted by former Melbourne Storm assistant coach Anthony Griffin in 2000 and was offered a place with Storm feeder side, Norths Devils. In 2001 he was selected in the QLD under-19s side and was offered a Storm contract soon after. To date, he is the only Melbourne-born player to play with the Melbourne Storm.

Webster signed for the Gold Coast Titans in 2006 and is a member of their inaugural season, in 2007. He has also been selected for the New Zealand Rugby League Team.

[edit] England

He agreed a deal to join current English Super League side Hull Kingston Rovers on 30th August 2007 for a reported 3 year £100,000 per year contract after being released by the Titans. ^[1]

[edit] Representative Football

Jake's played for the New Zealand Kiwis on a number of occasions.

[edit] References

v • d • e Hull KR - current squad 1 Briscoe • 2 Fox • 3 Walker • 4 Webster • 5 Fitzhenry • 6 Cooke • 8 Crossman • 9 Fisher • 10 Mills • 11 Galea • 12 Newton • 13 Murrell • 14 Gene • 15 Cockayne • 16 J. Netherton • 17 Aizue • 18 Lovegrove • 19 Menzies • 20 Vella • 21 Steel • 22 K. Netherton • 23 I'Anson • 24 Watts • 25 Welham • 26 Dobson • 28 Chester •Coach: Morgan

v • d • e New Zealand Kiwis squad - 2005 Tri-nations champions 1 Brent Webb • 2 Jake Webster • 3 Paul Whatuira • 4 Clinton Toopi • 5 Manu Vatuvei • 6 Nigel Vagana • 7 Stacey Jones  • 8 Paul Rauhihi • 9 Motu Tony • 10 Ruben Wiki • 11 David Kidwell • 12 Vinnie Anderson • 13 Shontayne Hape  • 14 David Faiumu • 15 Roy Asotasi • 16 David Solomona • 17 Ali Lauitiiti  • Coach: Brian McClennan