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Posted 684 days ago
DAVID BARNES has joined the 12-man committee of the Barbarian Football Club.
The former Bath prop, who played 266 games for the West Country club before retiring two months ago, has also been chairman of the Rugby Players’ Association for the past six years.
“It is a great honour for me to be asked to join such a unique rugby institution…
Posted 770 days ago
Bath Rugby can confirm that prop David Barnes is retiring from rugby with immediate effect.
The decision has been made after following medical advice on a neck injury.
Since joining Bath in 2000, David has gone on to make 266 appearances for the Club, and captained the England Saxons in the 2006 Churchill Cup.
Technically strong and very experienced, David is a very…
Posted 827 days ago
MORE SUITED to mauls, more used to scrums, an intrepid trio is challenging the rugby community to trek Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s highest freestanding peak with them or back their ascent to the snowcapped summit on the roof of Africa. Already 35 have signed up for the AXA Wealth Kilimanjaro Challenge 2011 and there are now just a few places…
Posted 843 days ago
Once bitten, twice shy? Not where David Barnes is concerned. The Bath prop is back in training to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro, nearly three years after he first conquered Africa’s highest peak. In 2008 Barnes scaled the 5,895m mountain to raise money for the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) Benevolent Fund, and in particular to assist Tamara Johnson, a Bath Women’s player…
