Jim Webb (rugby)

Jim Webb, whose full name was Alfred James Webb, was a Welsh international rugby union forward, born on 23 November 1882 and died on 29 July 1955. He played club rugby for Abertillery and county rugby for Monmouthshire, and won 20 caps for Wales between 1907 and 1912, nineteen of them in a row, while playing for a club then regarded as second class. He was part of three Triple Crown winning Welsh teams and toured South Africa with the 1910 British Isles side. Remembered as a powerful scrummager who was strong at line-outs and mauls, he captained Abertillery in their 1908 draw with the touring Australians, and later played five matches for St Helens.