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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Wayne Bartrim | |
| Date of birth | 9 October 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Hat Head, Australia | |
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) | |
| Club information | ||
| Position(s) | Lock/Hooker | |
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Years | Club | |
| Smithtown | ||
| Senior clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (points) |
| 1991–1994 1995–1998 1999–2001 2002–2003 |
Gold Coast St. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. George St. George Illawarra Castleford |
76 (224) 83 (560) 72 (374) 43 (350) |
| Representative teams | ||
| 1995–1998 1995–1996 |
Queensland Australia |
9 (22) 4 (12) |
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* Professional club appearances and points |
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Wayne Bartrim (born 9 October 1971 in Hat Head, New South Wales), is a former Australian professional rugby league player. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Hat Head, a coastal town on the eastern mid north Coast of New South Wales, about 450 kilometers north of Sydney Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games He played for the Gold Coast Seagulls, St. George Dragons and St. George Illawarra Dragons in the Australian competition and Castleford Tigers in the English Super League. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia The St George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional Rugby league football team Castleford Tigers are a Rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. Bartrim was selected to represent Australia and Queensland during his career. The Queensland State of Origin team is a Rugby league team representing the state of Queensland that plays in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin His position of choice was at lock. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench
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Career
Club career
Bartrim played his junior football in Kempsey. He was graded with the Gold Coast Seagulls in 1992 and made 76 appearances for the club. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby In 1994 he was the club's highest point scorer with 224 points and in a match that season against the Eastern Suburbs Roosters scored a club record of 20 points. The Sydney Roosters is a professional Rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia.
He joined the St George Dragons in 1995 and in his seven year career with the club was the Dragons' highest point scorer in seasons 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. The St George Dragons were a team in the National Rugby League competition in Australia He was one of the senior players at the time of the merger with the Illawarra Steelers and captained the club on a number of occasions.
He played in the Dragons' 1996 Grand Final loss to the Manly where he kicked two goals and the 1999 Grand Final loss to the Melbourne Storm. The Australian Rugby League 's 1996 premiership was the 89th season of professional Rugby league football in Australia and the second to be run by the Australian The Manly - Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional Rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney 1999 saw the second season of the National Rugby League premiership the 92nd season of professional Rugby league football in Australia The Melbourne Storm is a professional Rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia He left St George at the end of the 2001 season to play two years in England with the Castleford Tigers. Castleford Tigers are a Rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. He holds the standing Castleford club record for most goals in a season with 114 scored in 2002.
Representative career
Bartrim made his State of Origin debut for Queensland as a hooker in the Paul Vautin coached 1995 Origin side full of inexperienced unknowns with so many Queensland regulars unavailable due to the Super League war. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues Paul "Fatty" Vautin (born 21 July 1959) is an Australian former Rugby league player coach and more recently a media personality The 1995 State of Origin series was the 16th annual State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. This article details what is commonly referred to as the Super League war, which was fought in and out of court during the mid-1990s by Bartrim kicked the only goal and points in game I and figured as hooker and goal-kicker in all matches of that year's 3-0 Queensland whitewash.
He was hooker in game I of the 1996 series but was kept out of the rest of that year's series by Steve Walters in the hooking role. The 1996 State of Origin series was the 17th annual Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. Steve Walters (born 28 August, 1965) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer who at the peak of his career was considered the best He returned for all three games of the 1997 series and games I and II of the 1998 series playing at lock, hooker, second-row or off the interchange bench. The 1997 State of Origin series was the 18th annual Australian Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. The 1998 State of Origin series was the 19th annual Australian Rugby League State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland. A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench A typical Rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field plus four substitutes on the bench He kicked eleven goals in his Origin career.
Bartrim debuted for the Australian national side in the first Test of the 1995 domestic series against New Zealand and appeared in two Tests of that series. The New Zealand national rugby league side represents New Zealand in the sport of Rugby league. He was in Australia's squad for the 1995 World Cup played in England and made two appearances in games against England and South Africa. The Rugby League World Cup is an international competition contested by the men's national rugby league teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International In 1995, he played from the bench against Papua New Guinea, scoring two tries. Rugby league in Papua New Guinea is regarded as the country’s national sport
Records
His 176 points scored in 1996 with St George are the most ever scored by a lock in a New South Wales Rugby League season. The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby
He holds the standing Castleford club record for most goals in a season with 114 scored in 2002.
After first grade football
At the end of 2003 he returned to Australia to settle in Hat Head and was the Macleay Valley Mustangs' captain-coach in the NSW Group 2 competition in 2004 and 2005. Group 2 is a Rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. In 2006 he moved to Brisbane and played with the Noosa Pirates in the Sunshine Coast Rugby League competition in 2006 and 2007. He is married with four children.
Wayne, and his wife Jodie bought a Gym and fitness centre (Alive Gym) at Lawnton in Brisbane's North. When the Gym equipment was repossesed in March 2007 the Gym was forced to close owing thousands of dollars to a number of Gym members and business creditors.
References
- Andrews, Malcolm (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
- Big League's 25 Years of Origin, (2005 Collectors Edition), News Magazines, Surry Hills, Sydney
- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. Wetherill Park is a Suburb of south western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ISBN 9781877082931.
External links
- Wayne Bartrim at the State of Origin official website. State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of Rugby league matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the Blues
- Wayne Bartrim at the Rugby League Project
- Wayne Bartrim at NRL Stats
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