Barrie McDermott

Barrie McDermott

Personal information
Full name	Barrie McDermott
Born	(1972-07-22) 22 July 1972 (age 44) Oldham, Lancashire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Weight	17 st 10 lb (112 kg)
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1991–94 Oldham 40 6 0 0 24 1994–95 Wigan 13 4 0 0 16 1995–05 Leeds Rhinos 283 40 0 0 160 1997 → Bramley (loan) 4 1 0 0 4 2006 Widnes Vikings 27 5 1 0 22 Total 367 56 1 0 226 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994–03 Great Britain 15 0 0 0 0 1996 England 1 0 0 0 0 2000–05 Ireland 15 8 Lancashire 3 0
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Barrie "Baz" McDermott (born 22 July 1972) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and 2000s (decade). A Great Britain international representative Prop, he played his club football at Oldham, Wigan Warriors, Leeds Rhinos (with whom he won both a Super League Championship and Challenge Cup Final), Bramley, and Widnes Vikings.

McDermott later became the Head of Youth Development with his former club, Leeds Rhinos, and appears as a pundit on Sky Sports. In 2006 Barrie McDermott was included in the Southstander.com Hall of Fame.[1]

A native of Oldham, McDermott started out with his hometown club Oldham before transferring to Wigan where he won a championship and was first picked to play for Great Britain. He had originally wished to join the army, but was unable to do so after an accident with an air rifle that caused him to lose an eye. His early career wasn't short of controversy and he has been described as notorious, mostly due to his aggressive style of play. During the 1994 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France McDermott played in all three Ashes Tests against Australia, Great Britain losing the series.