I hear he wants to extend the ban to the next life as well. What a slime. At the end of the day it’s no one’s fault but mine.”Barba scored 99 tries during his nine-year stint in the NRL and won a premiership with the Cronulla Sharks in 2016. The NRL then deregistered him in a move that prohibited any rival clubs from trying to sign the speedster.“I lost my head and made a mistake that cost me everything and brought me home to Mackay,” Barba said recently.“I did things that weren’t right and stuff that I’m not very proud of that cost me my career. redv13 March 13, 2019 At 1:34 pm. After bursting onto the NRL scene as an exciting attacking weapon Ben Barba won the Dally M Medal as the best player in the league in 2012. daffy March 13, 2019 At 1:25 pm.

The previous season, playing for the Bulldogs in the Jersey Flegg competition, Barba …

That’s his main attribute,” Adams said.“As far as understanding the game is concerned, he still has a long way to go. Ben Barba. The arrival of coach Wayne Bennett signalled the end of his short-lived Broncos career, with Barba told he would not be needed in 2015.After securing a move to the Cronulla Sharks, Barba admitted he had failed to produce his best football since 2012.

"The footy I've played the last two years hasn't been too crash hot," Barba said.He was confident he had developed the maturity to stay out of trouble off the field.

I’m sure if uncle Nick waved his magic cheque book at the NRL they would welcome him back. He played his first game of the season in round four in March.Seeking a release from the final two years of his contract with Canterbury to move to Brisbane, Barba angered fans of the club by posting a photo on Instagram with the caption: "Miss the QLD weather! Ben Barba made his senior Aussie rules debut for Eastern Swans at the weekend. After bursting onto the NRL scene as an exciting attacking weapon Ben Barba won the Dally M Medal as the best player in the league in 2012. Your 30 this … He kicked seven goals in Reserve Grade and backed it up with six … #beautifulOneDay #spectacularTheNext". Can’t be serious this fella. NRL; North Queensland Cowboys pre-season training at Townsville Sports Reserve.

"The Bulldogs asked the NRL integrity unit to investigate media reports that Barba punched a woman in the face. Summary; Opposite Numbers; Opposition Teams; Positions; Career Stats & Summary. But politicians who accept responsibility, and focus on dealing with the crisis as it unfolds, will.If you are wandering around Brisbane's CBD you could be the next subject of a portrait series, as local photographer Jay Anderson sets about documenting the city and the people who in live it.As a police officer, Will Smith is all too familiar with kids having run-ins with the law — so he decided to try something different. Disgraced former NRL player Ben Barba has picked up a new code, kicking 13 goals in a staggering senior footy debut in north Queensland.David Riccio and Pete Badel reveal rugby league's biggest earners, while Buzz Rothfield takes exception to three Broncos stars featured in the top 50.Ben Barba. "I can't be thankful enough for what they've done.

In 2016 he notched 16 tries and was an key player in The 27-year-old's career is now at a crossroads after he In a statement released by the Sharks, Barba said the decision was made in the interests of his career and his family.

Follow us on Twitter. Jump on the forums. He kicked seven goals in Reserve Grade and backed it up with six more majors in A-Grade.

Menu. Picture: Alix SweeneyFormer NRL star Ben Barba has booted a bag of 13 goals as he made a staggering senior AFL debut in north Queensland. He would not become a regular first-grader until 2010.Barba's first-grade season was curtailed when he got into a drunken fight with team-mates Lee te Maari and Jamal Idris in the carpark of the Wentworthville Hotel.After developing into one of the Bulldogs' star players and earning a reputation as a try-scoring machine, the full-back played his best season yet in 2012.He was the top try-scorer in the NRL with 22 tries from 27 matches, many of them show-stoppers, and went on to win the Dally M Medal as the best player in the NRL.Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg said Barba had breached the club's code of conduct as a result of his off-field behaviour and has numerous personal issues to resolve, Barba was said to be struggling with the breakdown of his relationship with his long-term girlfriend and Greenberg pointed to alcohol and gambling among a multitude of personal issues troubling him.Johnathan Thurston was called as a late replacement for Barba at the NRL's season launch, though the Bulldogs player remained in the competition's promotional videos.Barba entered a treatment facility before returning to training with the Bulldogs.

In September, 2008, Barba was named in the 2008 Toyota Cup Team of the Year. The incident was alleged to have been the reason he spent a fortnight in rehabilitation in February.A newspaper published pictures of Barba's ex-partner Ainslie Currie with a cut to her face, prompting claims of a cover-up by the club for failing to inform the NRL about the incident.An independent inquiry by Tony Bannon SC cleared Canterbury and Greenberg of wrongdoing in their handling of the Barba issue.Despite starring on debut, Barba endured a poor season with Brisbane. "These guys not only saved my footy career but my life," Barba said of the Bulldogs. "If ever things start going wrong, I'll still seek help, but at the moment I think I'm doing pretty well with the people I have in my life," Barba said.Barba enjoyed a marked improvement at the Sharks, thriving behind a big forward pack and combining well with Valentine Holmes. Ben Barba (born 13 June 1989) was born in Darwin, Northern Territory, is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays fullback for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. Sacked and deregistered by the NRL last year, Barba first turned to playing soccer with the Mackay Rangers in the Mackay Premier Men’s League.Barba made his debut in the reserve grade side — but was then called up to play in the top team just a couple hours later at the Magpies Sporting Club field in north-east Mackay.The 31-year-old former NRL premiership winner and Dally M Player of the Year, kicked seven goals in the reserves playing at full forward.Eastern Swans reserve grade coach Kane Evans said Barba kicked seven goals despite the Magpies putting three defenders on him.Ben Barba made his senior Aussie rules debut for Eastern Swans at the weekend.