Barry Rushworth

Barry Rushworth is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played his entire career for Parramatta as a centre and also represented Australia and New South Wales.

Barry Rushworth
Personal information
Full nameBarry Rushworth
Born1943
Litghow, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1964–71 Parramatta 104 25 0 0 75
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1963–64 New South Wales 2 3 0 0 9
1964 Australia 1 1 0 0 3
Source: [1]

Playing career

Rushworth was a Lithgow junior and was selected to play for New South Wales in 1963 and for Australia in 1964 as they toured France and Europe. Rushworth only featured in one game on the tour scoring a try in a 18-6 victory over France at the Parc des princes. On his return to Australia, Rushworth was signed by Parramatta. In Rushworth's first season at Parramatta, the club went from easy beats of the competition to finishing second during the regular season under coach Ron Lynch. Parramatta went one win from making the grand final that year but lost to Balmain in the preliminary final.

Also in 1964, Rushworth made his final appearance for New South Wales scoring a try in a 31-5 thrashing of Queensland. The following season in 1965, Parramatta qualified for the finals again but were beaten in the first week of the playoffs by Souths. Over the following years, Parramatta hovered around the middle to lower table of the competition which culminated in another wooden spoon at the end of 1970. Rushworth played on in 1971 but was not a part of the side which reached the finals and retired at the end of the season. In 2007, Rushworth was inducted into the Parramatta hall of fame.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Barry Rushworth - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. GEDDES, JEFF (17 May 2014). "Star centre remembers the 'Prince of Centres'". Lithgow Mercury.
  3. "Eels to induct legend into Hall of Fame". Parramatta Eels. 28 August 2018.
  4. "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
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