Gabriel Hamer-Webb

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Gabriel Hamer-Webb
Birth nameGabriel Morgan Hamer-Webb
Date of birth (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Bath, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 14 st 13 lb)
School Beechen Cliff
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Cardiff Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Bath 9 (10)
Correct as of 19 January 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020– England U20 2 (0)
Correct as of 7 February 2020

Gabriel Morgan Hamer-Webb (born 7 November 2000 in Bath, England) is an English professional rugby union footballer. He plays as a winger for Cardiff Rugby

Hamer-Webb was a pupil at Beechen Cliff School and had trials at Southampton, Bristol City and Yeovil Town football clubs before taking up a place on the school's Academic and Sporting Excellence (AASE) partnership with Bath Rugby. [1] He signed a senior academy contract with the club ahead of the 2019-20 season, [2] and he made his debut in a Premiership Rugby Cup defeat against Exeter Chiefs on 21 September 2019. [3] He made his Premiership debut as a head injury replacement for Max Wright against Wasps on 2 November 2019, [1] [4] before scoring his first try for the club against Ulster in the European Rugby Champions Cup two weeks later. [5]

On 10 January 2020, Alan Dickens named Hamer-Webb in his 32-man England squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [6] He made his debut in the opening game against France, [7] in which he was sin binned for a tip tackle on Nolann Le Garrec. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Young Guns: Bath winger Gabriel Hamer-Webb". The Rugby Paper. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Gabriel Hamer-Webb player profile". Bath Rugby. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "'You don't learn to swim if you're in the shallows' - Bath Rugby youngster Gabriel Hamer-Webb on his whirlwind year". Somerset Live. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. "Wasps v Bath Rugby recap: Reaction as Bath go down narrowly in bruising encounter". Somerset Live. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Bath's Stuart Hooper positive after record sixth European loss". Last Word on Rugby. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. "England men U20s elite player squad for 2020 announced". England Rugby. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. "England men U20s team to play France". England Rugby. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. "Late try hands England under 20s dramatic victory". Six Nations Rugby. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.