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Brent Webb
Brent Webb
Personal information
Nickname	Webby
Born	8 November 1980 (age 29)
	Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Weight	12 st 6 lbs (79 Kg)
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Representative
	As of 10:08, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Not to be confused with Brant Webb.

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

[edit] International Football

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 obtaining New Zealand citizenship. He was notably part of the New Zealand squad that won the 2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations.

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.

He was forced to withdraw from the New Zealand national rugby league team squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.^[1]

[edit] Leeds Rhinos

Webb currently plays for the Leeds Rhinos 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 Stadium 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 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!'.

[edit] Controversy

Brent Webb received a four match ban following two head high tackles in Leeds' 2007 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

^ "Kiwi Webb forced out of World Cup". BBC. 2008-10-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656238.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
^ "Webb suspended for four matches". BBC. 2007-08-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6935969.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
^ "Webb gets four-match ban". Sportinglife. 2007-08-07. http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/07/08/07/RUGBYL_Disciplinary_Nightlead.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.

[edit] External links

[Kiwi_Webb_forced_out_of_World_Cup-0] "Kiwi Webb forced out of World Cup". BBC. 2008-10-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656238.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-10.

[Webb_suspended_for_four_matches-1] "Webb suspended for four matches". BBC. 2007-08-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6935969.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-07.

[Webb_gets_four-match_ban-2] "Webb gets four-match ban". Sportinglife. 2007-08-07. http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/07/08/07/RUGBYL_Disciplinary_Nightlead.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.

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