Mitchell Barnett
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| Barnett playing for the Mounties in 2015. | ||||||
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| Born | 15 April 1994 Taree, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | |||||
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| Position | Second-row, Prop | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2015– | Canberra Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| As of 16 August 2015 | ||||||
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Mitchell Barnett (born 15 April 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He plays at second-row and prop.
Background
Born in Taree, New South Wales, Barnett played his junior rugby league for the Wingham Tigers, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights.
Playing career
Early career
After playing in the lower grades at the Newcastle Knights, Barnett joined the Canberra Raiders. In 2013 and 2014, he played for the Raiders' NYC team.[2]
2015
In 2015, Barnett graduated to the Raiders' New South Wales Cup team, Mount Pritchard Mounties.[3] On 10 April, he re-signed with the Raiders on a 2-year contract.[4] On 3 May, he played for the New South Wales Residents against the Queensland Residents.[5] In Round 22 of the 2015 NRL season, he made his NRL debut for the Raiders against the Wests Tigers.[6] On 27 September, he won the 2015 New South Wales Cup Player of the Year award and was named at second-row in the 2015 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[7] In November, after Barnett's management discovered his new Raiders contract for the next two seasons hadn't been lodged with the NRL, he opted to instead attempt to sign a more lucrative deal with the Gold Coast Titans.[8] However, after the Raiders threatened legal action, the signed contract was discovered and lodged, Barnett returning to Canberra to honour the deal.[9]
References
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