Ed Barnes (born 14 January 1981, in Banbury) is an Ex English rugby union footballer, who plays fly-half for Bristol Rugby.
| Date of birth | 14 January 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 1 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barnes started his playing career at Bath before moving to Bedford. He was traded from Plymouth Albion to Bristol Rugby for the 2007–8 season.[1]
Barnes' first game in the Guinness Premiership was made as a replacement against London Wasps where he cleared a penalty to result in a draw. He then made the starting team when playing Wasps for the second time.
In January, 2009 Barnes was selected for the England Saxons team to face Portugal.[2]
In early October 2009, Paul Hull announced that Barnes would be out of action for the next six months. Barnes had ruptured his Achilles in Bristol's final game of the 2008/9 season against Leicester. He worked hard over the summer of 2009 to get fit again, only to re-rupture it in the final few weeks of rehabilitation.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Rugby / Bristol / Ed Barnes". Statbunker.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ^ "Saxons call can be a boost – Bristol stand-off Ed Barnes". thisisbristol.co.uk. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ^ "Ed Barnes injury update". bristolrugby.co.uk. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.[permanent dead link]