# Brad Weber
**Brad Weber** (Brad McCormick Weber, born 1991 in [Napier, New Zealand](https://www.edgepedia.org/napier-new-zealand)) is a New Zealand rugby union scrum-half who played 18 tests for the All Blacks between 2015 and 2022, made 123 [Super Rugby](https://www.edgepedia.org/super-rugby) appearances for the Chiefs, and later played for Stade Français in the [Top 14](https://www.edgepedia.org/top-14) before joining Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars in Japan's League One.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name / born | Brad McCormick Weber, 1991, Napier, New Zealand[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) • [2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx) |
| Position / size | Scrum-half (halfback); 172 cm, 75 kg[3](https://www.provincial.rugby/assets/MediaGuide-HawkesBay-M10.pdf) |
| All Blacks | Player No. 1140; 18 tests, 2015 to 2022, 30 points; record of 18 played, 14 won, 4 lost[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) • [2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx) |
| Test debut | 8 July 2015, 25-16 win over Samoa in Apia; final appearance 5 November 2022, 55-23 win over Wales in Cardiff[2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx) |
| Super Rugby | Chiefs 2014 to 2023, 123 games, 139 points; co-captain 2021, 2022, and 2023[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) |
| Provinces | Otago 2012, Waikato 2013 to 2015 (captain 2014 and 2015), Hawke's Bay 2016 to 2023 (50 games, 127 points)[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) |
| France and Japan | Stade Français 2023 to 2025, 36 matches; Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars from January 2026[4](https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Brad-weber-va-quitter-le-stade-francais-pour-rejoindre-le-japon/1614399) • [5](https://wetalkrugby.com/player/brad-weber/) |
| Career totals | 246 first-class games, 393 points, including 9 games for NZ Maori[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) |
## Early career and the move north
Weber was signed by the Hawke's Bay union straight out of Napier Boys' High School and played for the New Zealand Colts in 2011.[6](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-weber-off-to-waikato-ygpmvsos) He moved south to Dunedin, where he played for Dunedin in the city's premier competition and made nine appearances for Otago in the 2012 ITM Cup, all off the bench.[7](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rapid-rise-for-weber-umb3g2di) • [8](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/from-otago-reject-to-world-cup-hopeful-the-secret-behind-brad-webers-stellar-season/) With Fumiaki Tanaka and Josh Renton ahead of him, he was not picked by Otago the following season and accepted an offer from Waikato in 2013.[6](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-weber-off-to-waikato-ygpmvsos) • [7](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rapid-rise-for-weber-umb3g2di)
The move changed his career. After a few impressive games for Waikato he earned a Chiefs wider training group contract, and with injuries to other players he played seven games for the Chiefs in 2014 and signed a full contract for the following year. In June 2014, at age 23, he was named Waikato captain for the coming season.[7](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rapid-rise-for-weber-umb3g2di) He captained Waikato in both 2014 and 2015.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber)
## Chiefs and Hawke's Bay
Weber's Super Rugby career began, as one profile puts it, through another man's misfortune: injuries opened a place in the Chiefs squad in 2014, and he stayed with the franchise for a decade.[5](https://wetalkrugby.com/player/brad-weber/) His 2014 season brought limited game time behind Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Toni Pulu, but by 2015 he was the Chiefs' first-choice halfback, playing 17 games that year.[8](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/from-otago-reject-to-world-cup-hopeful-the-secret-behind-brad-webers-stellar-season/) • [9](https://halosport.co.nz/project/brad-weber/) Over ten seasons with the Chiefs he made 123 Super Rugby appearances and scored 139 points, and he served as the team's co-captain in 2021, 2022, and 2023.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber)
At provincial level he returned to his home region, playing for Hawke's Bay in 2016 and from 2018 to 2020 and 2022 to 2023, for a total of 50 games and 127 points for the Magpies.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) He also represented NZ Maori in 2015 through 2018 and 2022, nine games in total, and co-captained both the NZ Maori side in 2022 and the All Blacks XV in 2023.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber)
## All Blacks career
Weber made his test debut on 8 July 2015 in Apia, in New Zealand's historic first test against Samoa, a 25-16 win.[2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx) • [9](https://halosport.co.nz/project/brad-weber/) For several years he was a fringe selection: he appeared as a replacement in four tests in 2019, including three at the [Rugby World Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/rugby-world-cup) in Japan (Canada, Namibia, and the bronze final against Wales), and twice in 2020.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) • [2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx)
His heaviest test workload came in 2021, when he played 10 tests, starting four, and scored four tries, including appearances in the [Bledisloe Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/bledisloe-cup) and Rugby Championship fixtures against Australia, Argentina, and South Africa.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) • [2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx) His final test was a 55-23 win over Wales in Cardiff on 5 November 2022, giving him 18 caps with 14 wins and 4 losses and 30 test points.[1](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber) • [2](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx)
## France and Japan
Weber joined Stade Français in Paris in 2023 after the World Cup. In the 2023-24 Top 14 season he played 19 matches (1,003 minutes), and in 2024-25 he played 14 matches, scoring 3 tries.[10](https://top14.lnr.fr/joueur/12294-brad-weber) In total he made 36 appearances for the Paris club, but none from the start of the 2025-26 season. A serious ankle injury requiring surgery cost him the second half of his second season and the first half of 2025-26, and in December 2025 the club agreed to release him from a contract that ran to 2026 so he could join a Japanese club.[4](https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Brad-weber-va-quitter-le-stade-francais-pour-rejoindre-le-japon/1614399) • [5](https://wetalkrugby.com/player/brad-weber/)
He signed with Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars in Japan Rugby League One and played his first match for them on 10 January 2026. He featured in 13 matches during the 2025-26 League One season, scoring two tries, and appeared in both promotion-relegation playoff matches against Toyota Industries Shuttle Aichi.[5](https://wetalkrugby.com/player/brad-weber/) • [11](https://league-one.jp/player/486457)
## Family and background
Rugby runs in the family. His grandfather Graham Weber was also a halfback and represented Hawke's Bay on eight occasions until a career-ending injury cut short his ambitions, and his younger brother Sam played for the Napier Old Boys Marist premiers before moving overseas.[12](https://napierobmaristrugby.co.nz/2021/05/23/teamtalk-update-23-may-2021/) Weber himself plays club rugby for Napier Old Boys Marist.[3](https://www.provincial.rugby/assets/MediaGuide-HawkesBay-M10.pdf) He studied applied science in sports technology at the [University of Otago](https://www.edgepedia.org/university-of-otago), where he had one year of study remaining when he turned professional.[7](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rapid-rise-for-weber-umb3g2di)
## References
1. [Brad McCormick Weber, New Zealand Rugby History](https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brad-mccormick-weber)
2. [Brad WEBER - International Rugby Union Caps, sporting-heroes.net](https://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby/new-zealand/brad-weber-16503/international-rugby-union-caps_a42303/default.aspx)
3. [Hawke's Bay Media Guide, provincial.rugby](https://www.provincial.rugby/assets/MediaGuide-HawkesBay-M10.pdf)
4. [Brad Weber va quitter le Stade Français pour rejoindre le Japon, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Brad-weber-va-quitter-le-stade-francais-pour-rejoindre-le-japon/1614399)
5. [Brad Weber - Scrum-half, ex-Stade Français, We Talk Rugby](https://wetalkrugby.com/player/brad-weber/)
6. [Rugby: Weber off to Waikato, Otago Daily Times](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-weber-off-to-waikato-ygpmvsos)
7. [Rugby: Rapid rise for Weber, Otago Daily Times](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/rugby-rapid-rise-for-weber-umb3g2di)
8. [From Otago reject to World Cup hopeful, RugbyPass](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/from-otago-reject-to-world-cup-hopeful-the-secret-behind-brad-webers-stellar-season/)
9. [Brad Weber, Halo Sport](https://halosport.co.nz/project/brad-weber/)
10. [Brad WEBER, Top 14 official site](https://top14.lnr.fr/joueur/12294-brad-weber)
11. [Brad Weber (2025-26), Japan Rugby League One official site](https://league-one.jp/player/486457)
12. [TeamTalk Update - 23 May 2021, Napier Old Boys Marist Rugby](https://napierobmaristrugby.co.nz/2021/05/23/teamtalk-update-23-may-2021/)
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