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| Date of birth | (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 1 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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.
References
- "Rugby / Bristol / Ed Barnes". Statbunker.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- "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.
- "Ed Barnes injury update". bristolrugby.co.uk. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.