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Brent Webb : biography

8 November 1980 –

Not to be confused with Brant Webb.

Brent Webb is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Catalan Dragons in the Super League. Webb plays as a full-back and is a former New Zealand international.

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.

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. 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.

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 Later that year he played at fullback for Leeds in the 2011 Challenge Cup final which was lost to Wigan.