Richie Barnett (rugby league, born 1981)

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For the former Cronulla Sharks, Sydney Roosters, London Broncos, and Hull rugby league footballer, see Richie Barnett.
Richie Barnett
Personal information
Born (1981-04-26) 26 April 1981 (age 42)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2004–05 Hull 28 21 0 0 84
2005 Widnes Vikings 4 2 0 0 8
2006–07 Warrington Wolves 41 18 0 0 72
2007 Salford City Reds 7 4 0 0 16
2010 Sheffield Eagles 11 5 0 0 20
2011 Hunslet Hawks 20 6 0 0 24
2012–14 Keighley Cougars 67 32 0 0 128
2015– Hunslet Hawks 26 7 0 0 28
Total 204 95 0 0 380
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–15 Jamaica 3 0 0 0 0
As of 8 December 2015
Source: Rugby League Project loverugbyleague.com

Richie Barnett is an professional English/Jamaican rugby league footballer who plays for Hunslet Hawks.

He is known as a winger with a second to none strike rate in Super League, with the best average gain per carry in the Warrington Wolves squad in 2006.

His early days were spent playing semi-professionally at Gateshead Thunder, while he was also studying business computing at Leeds Metropolitan University. He was a key player for Leeds Metropolitan University, leading them to numerous cup and league triumphs. He was top scorer for two out of the three years he was at the university. While still at university Richie represented Great Britain students which paved the way for Gateshead Thunder to take him on.

Barnett was sold to Hull in 2004 who paid an appearance-linked deal worth £15,000. He proved his worth by scoring 23 tries in just 25 starts, making him one of Super League's top scorers. Along the way he also picked up a Challenge Cup winners medal with Hull. He joined Warrington Wolves in 2005 and became one of the most consistent try scorers for the club.

Richie joined Salford City Reds in July 2007.

In March 2008, Barnett received a two-year ban from rugby league after testing positive for epitestosterone in a drugs test the previous year.[1] He signed for Sheffield Eagles when returning to the game in 2010.[2]

In 2011, Richie represented Jamaica in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers, where the Jamaicans took on the USA and South Africa. In 2015, Richie played for Jamaica in their 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers.

He is known as Richie Barnett Jr because he used to play with an un-related older player, also named Richie Barnett.[3]

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.rugbyleague.com/rugby-league-news/sheffield-sign-richie-barnett.html

External links

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