Brent Webb

Brent Webb

Webb playing for Leeds in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Brent Douglas Webb
Born	(1979-11-08) 8 November 1979 (age 37) Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2002–06 New Zealand Warriors 103 39 27 0 210 2007–12 Leeds Rhinos 159 89 0 0 356 2013–14 Catalans Dragons 10 2 0 0 8 Total 272 130 27 0 574 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2004–08 New Zealand 17 9 10 0 56
Source: RLP

Brent Webb (born 9 November 1979 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia) is a former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand national representative fullback, he previously played in the National Rugby League for the Warriors before moving to Super League with English club Leeds Rhinos, and later playing for French club Catalans Dragons.

Of Torres Strait Islander descent, Webb was born in Cairns and 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.

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. 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.

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