Eloise Webb (born 5 March 1996) is a South African rugby player. She has represented South Africa internationally in rugby sevens and fifteens.
| Date of birth | 5 March 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editWebb 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
edit2018–19
editIn 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
editWebb 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
editIn September 2024, she made South Africa's fifteens squad for the WXV 2 tournament.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Webb really didn't enjoy rugby". SA Rugby. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games sevens teams named". rugby15.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Greenaway, Mike (19 January 2022). "Paul Delport names experienced Imbokodo squad for 2022 season". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "We Need To Feel The Intensity – Eloise Webb". Ruggas.co.za. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Tatenda-Gondo (1 May 2022). "Imbokodo Clinch Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Title to Qualify for Commonwealth Games". gsport4girls. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "South Africa name Rugby World Cup Sevens squads". SA Rugby. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Mostert, Herman (2 September 2022). "Veteran Cecil Afrika recalled as Blitzboks name Rugby World Cup Sevens squad". Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Springbok Women squad for Rugby World Cup in NZ named". SA Rugby. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Dumke declared fit for WXV 2 campaign". SA Rugby. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ Perkins, Bruce (23 September 2024). "All 18 squads for the 2024 WXV". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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