Grant Webb

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Grant Webb
Birth nameGrant Webb
Date of birth (1979-04-26) 26 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight16 st 8 lb (105 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number Eight
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
University of Otago ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006–2007 Toyota Verblitz ()
2007–2008 Ulster 4 (0)
2008–2010 Newport GD 38 (5)
Correct as of 2008-05-05
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004–2005 Otago ()
2007 Hawke's Bay ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Highlanders ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
NZ Sevens
Correct as of 22 January 2007

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.

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Career

Webb played for Otago, during which time he faced the British and Irish Lions [1]

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. [2]

In May 2008, he joined Welsh regional side the Newport Gwent Dragons. [3] Webb was released by Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of the 2009–10 season. [4]

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