Broncos and Cowboys players to play for Carl Webb medal

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Late rugby league star Carl Webb has been immortalised in one of the NRL’s greatest derbies with the man of the match to be honoured with a medal in Webb’s name.

Man of the match between Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys to be awarded Carl Webb medal in tribute to NRL cult hero

Webb lost his nearly four-year long battle with motor neurone disease at the age of 42, in December last year. The Carl Webb Foundation was set up by the former player and close friends to raise awareness for the debilitating disease, with a rugby league charity match having taken place in October to raise funds.

 

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