Ed Barnes (rugby union)

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Ed Barnes
Date of birth (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight15 st 1 lb (96 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flyhalf
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001–2002 Bath ()
2002–2004 Bedford ()
2004–2007 Plymouth Albion ()
2007- Bristol Rugby 57 (645)
Correct as of 16 August 2007
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009 England Saxons 1 (10)

Ed Barnes (born 14 January 1981, in Banbury) is an Ex English rugby union footballer, who plays fly-half for Bristol Rugby.

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]

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References

  1. "Rugby / Bristol / Ed Barnes". Statbunker.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. "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.
  3. "Ed Barnes injury update". bristolrugby.co.uk. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]