Darren Barry | |
Birth Name: | Darren Barry |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1990 |
Birth Place: | Bristol, England |
Height: | 1.98m (06.5feet) |
Weight: | 114kg (251lb) |
School: | Filton College |
Position: | Lock |
Amatteam1: | Old Redcliffians |
Amatteam3: | Blaydon RFC |
Years1: | 2010–2012 |
Years2: | 2012–2015 |
Years3: | 2015–2019 |
Years4: | 2019–2021 |
Years5: | 2021 |
Clubs1: | Bristol |
Clubs2: | Cornish Pirates |
Clubs3: | Worcester Warriors |
Clubs4: | Newcastle Falcons |
Clubs5: | Vannes |
Apps1: | 60 |
Apps2: | 81 |
Apps3: | 37 |
Apps4: | 20 |
Apps5: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Points2: | 0 |
Points3: | 5 |
Points4: | 0 |
Points5: | 0 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 25 June 2017 |
Repyears1: | 2010 |
Repyears2: | 2014 |
Repteam1: | England U19s |
Repteam2: | RFU Championship XV |
Ru Ntupdate: | 25 June 2017 |
Darren Barry (born 2 February 1990) is an English rugby union player who plays for Vannes in the Pro D2.
Barry was part of Bristol academy system where he enjoyed a loan spell at Clifton near Bristol.[1] Barry made his senior debut when they beat Cornish Pirates 60-15 at Camborne in May 2010 and made his 50th appearance for Bristol winning against the Pirates won 50-22 in the British and Irish Cup at the Mennaye Field in September 2011.
In July 2012, Barry left Bristol to join Cornish Pirates in the RFU Championship from the 2012-13 season. On 25 March 2015, Barry left Cornwall to join Western rivals Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership ahead of the 2015-16 season.[2] On 20 May 2016, Barry signed a contract extension to stay with the club at Sixways Stadium.[3]
On 17 April 2019, Barry returns to the RFU Championship with Newcastle Falcons from the 2019-20 season.[4]
On 5 April 2021, Barry would leave Newcastle to sign for Pro D2 side Vannes in France as medical joker for the rest of the 2020-21 season.[5]
Barry was a regular member of the England U19s squad while still with Bristol. Barry was selected for a RFU Championship XV team that defeated Canada 28-23 as part of their 2014 autumn tests, which was held at the Sixways Stadium in Worcester.[6] [7]