Jonathan Webb
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Jonathan Mark Webb is a former English rugby union
footballer who represented England
in 33 Test match
es. He played for two clubs, first Bristol and then Bath
where he played mainly at fullback. His career representing England lasted between 1987 and 1993, and he scored a total of 296 points for his country. He participated in both the 1987
and 1991
Rugby World Cup
s; in the 1991 World Cup final he kicked England's only points in their 12–6 loss to Australia
.
After retiring in 1993 for professional and personal reasons, including the fact he had a young family; Webb focused on his career as an orthopaedic surgeon
. In 1997 he was awarded a Research Fellowship by the British Association of Surgery for the Knee, and later undertook a fellowship at the North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre in Australia
where he worked during the 2000 Summer Olympics
. Webb now runs the Jonathan Webb Clinic in Bristol
.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer who represented England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
in 33 Test match
Test match (rugby union)
Test match in rugby union is a match recognised as being a full international match by at least one of the participating teams' governing bodies. It is an unofficial but widely used term in the sport....
es. He played for two clubs, first Bristol and then Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
where he played mainly at fullback. His career representing England lasted between 1987 and 1993, and he scored a total of 296 points for his country. He participated in both the 1987
1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the first ever tournament with New Zealand hosting seventeen pool stage matches, two quarter-finals and the final with Australia being the junior partner hosting seven pool matches, two...
and 1991
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France; at that time, the five European countries that participated in the Five Nations Championship making it the first Rugby World Cup to be staged in the...
Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
s; in the 1991 World Cup final he kicked England's only points in their 12–6 loss to Australia
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
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After retiring in 1993 for professional and personal reasons, including the fact he had a young family; Webb focused on his career as an orthopaedic surgeon
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
. In 1997 he was awarded a Research Fellowship by the British Association of Surgery for the Knee, and later undertook a fellowship at the North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
where he worked during the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. Webb now runs the Jonathan Webb Clinic in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
.