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 (age 32)
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015–16Keighley Cougars28200080
2017Dewsbury Rams81004
2017–Keighley Cougars2170028
Total572800112
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014Jamaica21004
Source: [1][2][3]
As of 18 September 2017

Background

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Barnes was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

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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]

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