Barry Ward (rugby league)

For other people with the same name, see Barry Ward.

Barry Ward
Personal information
Full nameBarry William Ward
Born (1971-01-13) 13 January 1971 (age 53)
New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1990–93 Canterbury-Bankstown 11 0 0 0 0
1994 Illawarra Steelers 12 1 0 0 4
1995 Eastern Suburbs 2 1 0 0 4
1997–01 Canterbury-Bankstown 80 4 0 0 16
2002–03 St Helens 69 5 0 0 20
Total 174 11 0 0 44
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001 NSW City 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]
As of 23 January 2019

Barry Ward (born 13 January 1971 in New South Wales), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for nine seasons between 1990-1993 and 1997–2001, the Illawarra Steelers for one season in 1994, Eastern Suburbs for one season in 1995 and St. Helens as a prop and in the second-row. He played over 100 first grade games during his long NRL career.[2][3]

Playing career

In 1998, Ward was fined for racial vilification towards Anthony Mundine.[4]

Ward played for St. Helens at prop forward in their 2002 Super League Grand Final victory against the Bradford Bulls. Having won Super League VI, St Helens contested the 2003 World Club Challenge against 2002 NRL Premiers, the Sydney Roosters. Ward played from the interchange bench in Saints' 38–0 loss.

Post playing

In 2008, Ward became a member of the Canterbury Bulldogs Football Club board.[5] Ward relinquished membership of the board in late 2011 when he was named coach of the NSW Cup team.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Barry Ward – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "Home". Rugby League Project.
  3. ^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Pramberg, Bernie (16 June 2008). "Anthony Mundine says Paul Gallen deserved 10-week knockout for alleged racist remarks". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Canterbury League Club Increases Bulldogs Funding". World of Rugby League. 15 May 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009.
  6. ^ Bulldogs Media (2011). http://nswrl.com.au/default.aspx?s=article-display&id=44826 Archived 30 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 November 2011


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