Barry Ward
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Barry Ward born 13 January 1971 in New South Wales
, Australia
is a former rugby league
player. He played for the Bulldogs, Illawarra Steelers
, Sydney Roosters
and St Helens as a prop and in the second-row.
In 1996 he was fined $10,000 for racial vilification, when he called Anthony Mundine
a "black ****". In 2008 he became a member of the Canterbury Bulldogs Football Club board. He relinquished membership of the board in late 2011 when he was named coach of the NSW Cup team.
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
is a former rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. He played for the Bulldogs, Illawarra Steelers
Illawarra Steelers
The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then New South Wales Rugby Football...
, Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
and St Helens as a prop and in the second-row.
In 1996 he was fined $10,000 for racial vilification, when he called Anthony Mundine
Anthony Mundine
Anthony Mundine is an Australian professional boxer and former rugby league footballer.He is the current interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion boxer, former two-time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, former IBO Middleweight Champion and New South Wales State of Origin representative footballer....
a "black ****". In 2008 he became a member of the Canterbury Bulldogs Football Club board. He relinquished membership of the board in late 2011 when he was named coach of the NSW Cup team.