Eloise Webb

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Eloise Webb
Date of birth (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Border Ladies (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019–Present  South Africa 7 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
 South Africa 35 (14 pts)

Eloise Webb (born 5 March 1996) is a South African rugby sevens player.

Biography

Webb participated in cricket and javelin in the junior national levels. She also played in the Varsity Sports netball competition.[1] She studied at the Nelson Mandela University for a Bachelor of Education degree in Intermediate Phase Teaching.

In 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]

Webb was named in South Africa's sevens squad for the 2022 seven's 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Webb really didn't enjoy rugby". SA Rugby. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2022-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games sevens teams named". rugby15.co.za. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Mpupha to lead SA at RWC Women's Sevens". SA Rugby. 11 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. ^ Greenaway, Mike (2022-01-19). "Paul Delport names experienced Imbokodo squad for 2022 season". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-09-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Greenaway, Mike (2022-05-18). "We came here to play rugby, says Imbokodo star Eloise Webb ahead of Toulouse Sevens". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  6. ^ "We Need To Feel The Intensity – Eloise Webb". Ruggas.co.za. Retrieved 2022-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Tatenda-Gondo (2022-05-01). "Imbokodo Clinch Rugby Africa Women's Sevens Title to Qualify for Commonwealth Games". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2022-09-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "South Africa name Rugby World Cup Sevens squads". SA Rugby. 2022-09-02. Retrieved 2022-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Mostert, Herman (2022-09-02). "Veteran Cecil Afrika recalled as Blitzboks name Rugby World Cup Sevens squad". Sport. Retrieved 2022-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Springbok Women squad for Rugby World Cup in NZ named". SA Rugby. Retrieved 2022-09-23.