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Australian rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nathan Barnes (born July 22, 1975) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Barnes played for the Penrith Panthers from 1992 to 1993, the Newcastle Knights from 1994 to 1995, the Parramatta Eels from 1996 to 1999 and finally the Canberra Raiders in 2000.[2]
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Full name | Nathan Barnes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 22 July 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 18 January 2019 |
Barnes made his first grade debut for Penrith in 1992. After spending 2 years with Penrith, Barnes signed with Newcastle for the 1994 season. Barnes was a regular starter for Newcastle in his 2 seasons with the club but missed out on playing in the 1995 finals series, which was the club's first.
In 1996, Barnes joined Parramatta and in 1997 played in the club first finals campaign since 1987. Parramatta went on to lose both matches against Newcastle and North Sydney. In 1998, Parramatta finished 4th on the table and Barnes played in their finals' victory over Norths but missed out on playing in the clubs other 2 finals games against Brisbane and Canterbury.[3]
In 1999, Barnes only made 10 appearances for Parramatta and was released at the end of the season. In 2000, Barnes joined Canberra and played only one game for the club which in turn proved to be his last in first grade, which was a 22-8 victory over the now defunct Northern Eagles.
After retiring from the National Rugby League, Barnes filled the captain / coach role at Windsor Wolves in the Jim Beam New South Wales Cup from 2002 to 2005.
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