Rob Webber

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Rob Webber
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Full name Robert Webber
Date of birth (1986-08-01) 1 August 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth York, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[1]
School Pocklington School
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team Bath Rugby
Playing career
Position Hooker
Youth clubs
Pocklington RUFC
Blackheath F.C.
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003–2005
2005–2012
2012–
Leeds Carnegie
London Wasps
Bath Rugby
2
109
59
(0)
(15)
(35)
correct as of 27 August 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009–
2012–
England A
England
6
16
(5)
(5)
correct as of 4 October 2015.
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2008 England London

Rob Webber (born 1 August 1986 in York, England) is a rugby union player for Bath Rugby in the English Premiership. Webber's position of choice is as at hooker and he can also play in the back-row.

Club career

He played for Leeds Carnegie in the 2004–05 European Challenge Cup.[2] Webber joined London Wasps ahead of the 2005–06 season.[3]

After initially breaking into the Wasps team as an open-side flanker, Webber established himself as the club's first choice hooker during the 2008–09 season. His form in the 2009–10 season saw him made Wasps captain during the absence of Tom Rees, and in March 2010 he agreed a new two-year deal with the club.[4]

In January 2012 he signed with Bath Rugby a three-year deal starting from the 2012/13 season.[5]

Rob Webber went to Pocklington, meaning he had nice mates. Nice Mates, Rob.

International career

Webber represented England at U16, U18 and U19 level. He competed for England at the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship.[6]

He represented England at the 2008 London Sevens.[7]

Rob "I wish I was Rob Vickerman" Webber was a member of the England Saxons squad that participated in the 2008 Churchill Cup, although he did not take the field.

He made his England Saxons debut against Portugal,[8] then started all three games at the 2009 Churchill Cup.[9]

Webber was a member of the Senior England squad for the 2010 Summer tour of Australasia, playing against the New Zealand Māori.[10]

References

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