Ben Barba

Ben Barba
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Barba
Born (1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 35)
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFullback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Canterbury Bulldogs 97 72 0 0 288
2014 Brisbane Broncos 25 8 0 0 32
2015–16 Cronulla Sharks 46 19 0 0 76
2017–18 St Helens 34 34 0 0 136
Total 202 133 0 0 532
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011–16 Indigenous All Stars 6 4 0 0 16
2011 Prime Minister's XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionCentre, Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Toulon 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [2][3][4][5]
As of 24 January 2022

Benjamin Barba (born 13 June 1989)[6] is an Australian former professional dual code rugby league & rugby union footballer who last played for St Helens in the Super League. He primarily played as a fullback or five-eighth.

Barba won the Dally M Medal award for Player of the Year in 2012 while he was at the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.[7]

Barba also played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the Brisbane Broncos in 2014 and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks where he was part of Cronulla's maiden NRL premiership win in the 2016 NRL Grand Final. In 2018, he won the Man of Steel Award for Super League Player of the Year while playing for St Helens. Barba is only the second man to win both the Dally M Medal and the Man of Steel award, after Gavin Miller.

Barba also had a brief stint in rugby union with RC Toulonnais.

  1. ^ "Little Men in Rugby League Appear to be a Dying Breed". Couriermail.com.au. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Ben Barba – Stats". Love Rugby League. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Ben Barba – Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ben Barba – Player Profile". It's Rugby. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Ben Barba – Saints History". St. Helens R.F.C. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ Keeble, Brett; Jackson, Glenn (22 April 2010). "BARBA SHOP: Knights in market for Dogs livewire". The Newcastle Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Barba's Shock Quartet". Heraldsun.com.au. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.