Eloise Webb

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Eloise Webb
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Border Ladies (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019 – presentFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10 (30)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 35 (14 pts)

Eloise Webb (born 5 March 1996) is a South African rugby player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.

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Background

Webb participated in cricket and javelin at the junior national levels. She also played in the Varsity Sports netball competition. [1] She studied at Nelson Mandela University for a Bachelor of Education degree in Intermediate Phase Teaching.

Rugby career

2018–19

In 2018, Webb competed for South Africa in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland. [2] [1] She later featured for South Africa at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco. [3] [1] She scored a hat-trick in her international test debut for the Springbok Women against Uganda in the 2019 Rugby Africa Women's Cup. [1]

2022

Webb was named in South Africa's sevens squad for the 2022 sevens season and featured in the France Women's Sevens. [4] [5] [6] She scored a try in the final of the 2022 Africa Women's Sevens and helped her side qualify for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [7]

Webb was selected for the South African squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. [8] [9] She was also named in South Africa's women's fifteens team for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [10]

2024

In September 2024, she made South Africa's fifteens squad for the WXV 2 tournament. [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Webb really didn't enjoy rugby". SA Rugby. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  2. "Commonwealth Games sevens teams named". rugby15.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Mpupha to lead SA at RWC Women's Sevens". SA Rugby. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. Greenaway, Mike (19 January 2022). "Paul Delport names experienced Imbokodo squad for 2022 season". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. Greenaway, Mike (18 May 2022). "We came here to play rugby, says Imbokodo star Eloise Webb ahead of Toulouse Sevens". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. "We Need To Feel The Intensity – Eloise Webb". Ruggas.co.za. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  7. Tatenda-Gondo (1 May 2022). "Imbokodo Clinch Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Title to Qualify for Commonwealth Games". gsport4girls. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. "South Africa name Rugby World Cup Sevens squads". SA Rugby. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. Mostert, Herman (2 September 2022). "Veteran Cecil Afrika recalled as Blitzboks name Rugby World Cup Sevens squad". Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. "Springbok Women squad for Rugby World Cup in NZ named". SA Rugby. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  11. "Dumke declared fit for WXV 2 campaign". SA Rugby. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. Perkins, Bruce (23 September 2024). "All 18 squads for the 2024 WXV". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2024.