Hamish Barnes

Hamish Barnes (born 22 May 1992) is a Jamaica international rugby league footballer who plays for the Keighley Cougars in Betfred League 1. He plays as a centre.

Hamish Barnes
Personal information
Born (1992-05-22) 22 May 1992
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–16 Keighley Cougars 28 20 0 0 80
2017 Dewsbury Rams 8 1 0 0 4
2017– Keighley Cougars 21 7 0 0 28
Total 57 28 0 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Jamaica 2 1 0 0 4
As of 18 September 2017
Source: [1][2][3]

Background

Barnes was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Barnes started his career with various amateur teams in Halifax. Barnes toured Jamaica with the BARLA under-23 team in 2014 and while there was approached by the Jamaican rugby league federation about playing for Jamaica. Barnes is half-Jamaican and made his début for the [[Jamaica national rugby league team|Jamaica] against Canada in 2014 while still an amateur player.[4]

Barnes turned professional when he signed with Keighley in 2015.[4] After two seasons at Keighley, Barnes left to join Dewsbury Rams for the 2017 season but after only eight appearances for Dewsbury he was released by the club and re-signed for Keighley for the remainder of the 2017 season.[5][6]

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Rugby League Project
  4. "Barnes living a dream at Keighley Cougars". Telegraph & Argus. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  5. "Dewsbury start recruitment with five new signings". League Publications. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  6. "Hamish Barnes re-joins Cougars". Keighley Cougars. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.


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