{"id":355094,"date":"2023-12-22T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T11:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355094"},"modified":"2023-12-22T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T12:01:27","slug":"webb-remembered-for-remarkable-mnd-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355094","title":{"rendered":"Webb remembered for 'remarkable' MND fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who is deceased.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tributes continue to pour in for former Queensland and Broncos star Carl Webb<\/a>, who died on Friday, aged 42.<\/p>\n

Webb died on Thursday night following a four-year battle with Motor Neurone Disease.<\/p>\n

It is understood he died after a fall at his home in Dalby.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Queensland great Webb dies after MND battle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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"It's an extremely sad day for the\ufeff Webb family and rugby league as well," League Immortal Wally Lewis told 9News on Friday.<\/p>\n

"I had the opportunity\ufeff to go in and visit Carl a couple of times.<\/p>\n

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"The thing was\ufeff, exactly what we expected from him, he said 'I'm not going to give in, I'm just going to fight it all the way'," Lewis recounted.<\/p>\n

"And he said 'if I pass away too soon, I'm going to see even less matches where Queensland beat New South Wales!'.<\/p>\n

Webb, who played 187 games for \ufeffthe Broncos, Cowboys and Eels, will be best remembered for his ferocity on field, but more importantly, his kind manner and fighting spirit off it.<\/p>\n

"Every time he walked into out place, you felt the respect and admiration from so many," Broncos coach Kevin Walters\ufeff said of Webb's impact on the game of NRL, via a statement.<\/p>\n

Former teammate Ben Ikin, who is now the QRL CEO, heaped praised on Webb for his biggest battle of all, MND.<\/p>\n

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"I found\ufeff truly remarkable that a guy who made a living out of being so powerful and explosive could handle, with such grace, the debilitating effects of MND," Ikin said via a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n

Webb retired from the NRL in 2011 after an impressive career that spanned over a decade in the top grade.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his partner \ufeffCassandra and four children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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