Grant Webb
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Grant Webb
| image =
| birth_name = Grant Webb
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|04|26}}
| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand
| height = {{convert|6|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|16|st|8|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| position = Number Eight
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 = University of Otago
| ru_amupdate =
| years1 = 2006–2007
| years2 = 2007–2008
| years3 = 2008–2010
| clubs1 = Toyota Verblitz
| clubs2 = Ulster
| clubs3 = Newport GD
| apps1 =
| apps2 = 4
| apps3 = 38
| points1 =
| points2 = 0
| points3 = 5
| ru_clubupdate = 2008-05-05
| ru_currentclub =
| repyears1 =
| repteam1 = NZ Sevens
| repcaps1 =
| reppoints1 =
| ru_ntupdate = 22 January 2007
| super1 = Highlanders
| superapps1 =
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| superyears1 =
| super14update =
| province1 = Otago
| province2 = Hawke's Bay
| provinceyears1 = 2004–2005
| provinceyears2 = 2007
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Grant Webb (born 11 August 1979 in Palmerston North, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays his rugby as a number eight.
Career
Webb played for Otago, during which time he faced the British and Irish Lions[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4102388.stm BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Lions in NZ | Otago 19–30 Lions]
In 2005 he joined the Toyota Verblitz club in Japan's Top League. On 20 December 2007 Webb arrived in Belfast on a season long contract with Magners League team Ulster Rugby, following a season playing in New Zealand's NPC tournament, with Hawkes Bay.[http://www.ulsterrugby.com/11_6241.php Ulster Rugby : Grant Webb Arrives in Belfast]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In May 2008, he joined Welsh regional side the Newport Gwent Dragons.[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/rugbynation/rugby-news/2008/05/02/dragons-line-up-kiwi-pair-91466-20852698/ Dragons line up Kiwi pair – icWales] Webb was released by Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2009–10 season.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8675468.stm New Zealanders leave]
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090806090248/http://www.newportgwentdragons.com/Personnel.aspx?pr=190167 Newport Gwent Dragons profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080830014938/http://www.ulsterrugby.com/13_6322.php Ulster profile]
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Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:University of Otago alumni
Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Wales
Category:Rugby union number eights
Category:Rugby union players from Palmerston North