| Ed Barnes | |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Weight: | 15st |
| Ru Position: | Flyhalf |
| Ru Clubyears: | 2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2007 2007- |
| Ru Proclubs: | Bath Bedford Plymouth Albion Bristol Rugby |
| Ru Clubcaps: | 57 |
| Ru Clubpoints: | (645) |
| Ru Clubupdate: | 16 August 2007 |
| Ru Currentclub: | Bristol Rugby |
| Ru Nationalteam: | England Saxons |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 2009 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 1 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | 10 |
Ed Barnes (born 14 January 1981, in Banbury) is an Ex English rugby union footballer, who plays fly-half for Bristol Rugby.
Barnes started his playing career at Bath before moving to Bedford. He was traded from Plymouth Albion to Bristol Rugby for the 2007–8 season.[1]
Barnes' first game in the Guinness Premiership was made as a replacement against London Wasps where he cleared a penalty to result in a draw. He then made the starting team when playing Wasps for the second time.
In January, 2009 Barnes was selected for the England Saxons team to face .[2]
In early October 2009, Paul Hull announced that Barnes would be out of action for the next six months. Barnes had ruptured his Achilles in Bristol's final game of the 2008/9 season against Leicester. He worked hard over the summer of 2009 to get fit again, only to re-rupture it in the final few weeks of rehabilitation.[3]