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In his final year in the NRL, Ward was rewarded with selection into the 2001 NSW City Origin team to take on NSW Country at Carrington Park, Bathurst. A Brett Kimmorley led Country team would obliterate City 42-10. |
In his final year in the NRL, Ward was rewarded with selection into the 2001 NSW City Origin team to take on NSW Country at Carrington Park, Bathurst. A Brett Kimmorley led Country team would obliterate City 42-10. |
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In 2002, Ward joined St Helens with bulldogs team mate Darren Britt where coach Ian Millward used Ward mostly as an impact player, with his barnstorming runs and high impact tackles. Ward featured as substitute in the 2002 Challenge Cup held in front of 62,000 fans at |
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| Full name | Barry William Ward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barry Ward (born 13 January 1971 in New South Wales), is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for nine seasons between 1990-1993 and 1997–2001, the Illawarra Steelers for one season in 1994, Eastern Suburbs for one season in 1995 and St. Helens as a prop and in the second-row. He played over 100 first grade games during his long NRL career.[2][3]
“Bustling” Barry Ward, born in East Hills NSW 1971, Ward played his junior football with the East Hills Bulldogs before signing with the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in 1989.
Ward made his first grade debut off the bench in round 20, 1990 in a 38–12 victory over the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks at Endeavour Field. This would be his only appearance for the year playing the majority of the season in the under 21’s team. This would be a theme throughout his first stint with the bulldogs totalling 11 games in 4 seasons before moving on.
Unfortunately, this trend would continue with Ward seeing very limited first grade over the next two seasons. In 1994 Barry joined the Illawarra Steelers to play 12 games and in 1995 Barry joined Sydney City Roosters to play two games that season.
Ward returned to the bulldogs during the 1997 Super League season where he would remain throughout the rest of his Australian career. This return would see an upward trend in Ward’s first grade appearances playing 80 games over the next 5 seasons which included his first taste of finals football in 98 and 99.
In his final year in the NRL, Ward was rewarded with selection into the 2001 NSW City Origin team to take on NSW Country at Carrington Park, Bathurst. A Brett Kimmorley led Country team would obliterate City 42-10.
In 2002, Ward joined St Helens with bulldogs team mate Darren Britt where coach Ian Millward used Ward mostly as an impact player, with his barnstorming runs and high impact tackles. Ward featured as substitute in the 2002 Challenge Cup held in front of 62,000 fans at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Saints lost to Wigan 21 – 12.
The Challenge Cup loss was vindicated 6 months later when St Helens defeated Bradford Bulls 19-18 in front of 61,000 fans at Old Trafford. Ward started this game with Darren Britt in the front row against a formidable Bulls pack led by Joe Vagana and Stuart Fielden.
After the Grand Final victory, St Helens took on a red hot Sydney Roosters team led by Brad Fittler in the 2003 World Club Challenge where they were defeated 38–0. Ward would ultimately retire at the end of the 2003 season.
In 2008, Ward became a member of the Canterbury Bulldogs Football Club board. Ward relinquished membership of the board in late 2011 when he was named coach of the NSW Cup team. In 2021 appointment Ward as the new General Manager of Pathways and Junior League where he would be responsible for the organisation, planning and delivery of the elite football programs and development practices within local junior clubs and regions, including operational, welfare, coaching, educational, administrative and logistical support within the Pathways and Junior League programs.
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