Jaco Webb

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Jaco Webb
Personal information
Born South Africa
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Number 8
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1998Pretoria
2001 Falcons
Total00000
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997–2000Johannesburg Scorpions
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1995–2000 South Africa 30000
Source: [1]

Jaco Webb is a South African rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby league at the 2000 World Cup.

South Africa Republic in the southernmost part of Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Bantu ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European, Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.

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Playing career

Webb played rugby league for the Johannesburg Scorpions and first represented South Africa in 1995 and again in 1997. [2] [3] He again played for the national side in 2000, coming off the bench for one game at the World Cup. [4] [5]

Rugby league Team sport

Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.

The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was held during October and November of that year in Great Britain, Ireland and France. Sixteen national teams competed in four groups of four, playing each other once over three weekly rounds before a series of play-offs that culminated in the final between Australia and New Zealand. Tournament favourites Australia defeated New Zealand in the final, claiming their sixth consecutive and ninth total Rugby League World Cup title. Australian winger Wendell Sailor was named player of the tournament.

Webb also played rugby union, playing for Pretoria in 1998 and the Falcons in 2001. [6] [7] [8]

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.

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References

  1. ↑ Jaco Webb rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. ↑ France v South Africa Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine rugby-league-world.com
  3. ↑ Rhinos charge into a league of their own mg.co.za, 17 March 1995
  4. ↑ Group 3 news bbc.co.uk
  5. ↑ Dumas keeps the faith bbc.co.uk, 4 November 2000
  6. ↑ "SA Rugby Match Centre – Pretoria 39-10 Volvo College Rovers". South African Rugby Union. 3 September 1998. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Bulldogs bite their way into Shield semis iol.ca.za, 4 May 2001
  8. ↑ Falcons team to face Griquas news24.com, 10 October 2001
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