Barry Russell (Cronulla)

For the Eastern Suburbs and North Sydney player, see Barry Russell.

Barry Russell
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–91 Cronulla-Sutherland 76 31 0 0 124
Source: [1][2]

Barry Russell is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played in the halves for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks club of the NSWRL Premiership[3] with whom he won the Rothmans Medal in 1988.

A member of the same Jersey Flegg Cup team as Andrew Ettingshausen and Jonathan Docking,[4] Russell made his first-grade debut in 1985. Towards the end of the season, Russell was the team's regular five-eighth.

Russell had the first of two shoulder reconstructions after the 1985 season,[5] and took no part in 1986. His career was often hampered by injury.[6]

Despite missing six games of the 1988 NSWRL season due to injury, 23-year-old Russell was awarded the Rothmans Medal.[7]

  1. ^ "stats.rleague.com". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  2. ^ RLP
  3. ^ Barry Russell at yesterdayshero.com.au Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Jenny Stevens (21 July 1985). "Big Jack and his Kidlets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Blake to replace Hasler as Manly halfback". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 February 1986. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  6. ^ Ian Heads (28 April 1988). "Sterling shows why he is better than the King". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  7. ^ Paul Tait & Heather Smith (1 September 1988). "Cool Russell is ready to shoulder the burden for Sharks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia: Fairfax. p. 50. Retrieved 6 May 2010.