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 (age 32)
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
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 18 September 2017

Background edit

Barnes was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career edit

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 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 edit

  1. ^ loverugbyleague
  2. ^ Rugby League Project
  3. ^ "Player Stats | Keighley Cougars RLFC". Archived from the original on September 14, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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