Trent Barrett

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 18th November, 1977
Current Age
46 years and 123 days
Place Of Birth
Temora, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Five-Eighth Of The Year
2000
Dally M Player Of The Year
2000

Known Family Links

Cousin
Liam Martin
Brother
Scott Barrett

Biography

Temora schoolboy sensation boarded at renowned rugby league nursery, St Gregory’s College Campbelltown, before being signed by Steelers coach Graham Murray in 1993. Barrett, who was a champion five-eighth in the making, made his first grade debut in 1996 and representing NSW just nine months later. When the club merged with St George in 1999 Barrett moved to halfback to accommodate Anthony Mundine. After the disappointing loss to Melbourne in the grand final, and Mundine’s eventual departure from the club, Barrett claimed the pivot role as his own. Despite being unable to break NSW’s victorious halfback combination of Brad Fittler and Brett Kimmorley in 2000, he was named the ‘Dally M’ Player of the Year and was chosen in Australia’s World Cup squad. Barrett was a try-scorer from the interchange bench in the World Cup final win over NZ. The following year he made his Test debut against NZ in July, before playing against Papua New Guinea as a warm up to the Kangaroo Tour. Barrett played in all three Tests of the shortened tour, staking his claim as the finest five-eighth in the world with his two tries in Australia’s 28-8 victory in the deciding Third Test. He seemed to lose form in 2002 as his club struggled for consistency but that did not stop him from representing NSW in the drawn State of origin series that year or Australasia in the record 64-10 thrashing of Great Britain in Sydney and the 32-24 win over NZ in October. Injuries in 2003-04 saw him miss rep duty – and severely restrict his club’s title aspirations – before he made a stunning comeback in the deciding match of the 2004 State of Origin series as halfback. Barrett represented NSW and Australia in 2005 but he bore the brunt of fan and media criticism following the Dragons’ disappointing show in the qualifying final that year. In 2006 he announced that he would see out his career with English club Wigan but after a lengthy suspension for a high shot on a Knights opponent (after a Channel 9 editor sent the League tape of the unseen incident) Barrett had to be content with another final loss as his Australian swansong.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 235 82 -   10 338 117 109 9 49.79% List
State of Origin 11 3 -   1 13 4 6 1 36.36% List
NRL Finals 15 4 -   - 16 8 7 0 53.33% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 2 -   - 8 1 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 4 4 -   - 16 4 0 0 100.00% List
Test Series 3 2 -   - - 2 1 0 66.67% List
The Ashes 3 2 -   - 16 2 1 0 66.67% List
Anzac Cup 4 2 -   - 8 3 1 0 75.00% List
City vs Country 2 2 -   - 8 0 2 0 0.00% List
Tri-Nations 4 - -   - - 3 1 0 75.00% List
Super League 54 22 -   4 92 29 22 3 53.70% List
Challenge Cup 6 4 -   1 17 4 2 0 66.67% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2000-02, 2005 15 7 -   - 28 13 2 0 86.67% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2000 4 4 -   - 16 4 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1997, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2009-10 11 3 -   1 13 4 6 1 36.36% List
NSW Country 2003, 2005 2 2 -   - 8 0 2 0 0.00% List
Overall1997-2010 13 5 0   1 21 4 8 1 30.77% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Illawarra ARL 1996 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Illawarra ARL 1997 20 12 -   1 49 9 8 3 45.00% List
Illawarra NRL 1998 24 18 -   1 73 11 12 1 45.83% List
St Geo Illa NRL 1999 27 4 -   - 16 17 10 0 62.96% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2000 26 9 -   2 38 12 14 0 46.15% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2001 22 7 -   - 28 11 9 2 50.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2002 20 6 -   - 24 7 10 3 35.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2003 5 3 -   - 12 3 2 0 60.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2004 16 4 -   1 17 11 5 0 68.75% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2005 18 9 -   1 37 13 5 0 72.22% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2006 20 5 -   1 21 11 9 0 55.00% List
Cronulla NRL 2009 14 3 -   1 13 4 10 0 28.57% List
Cronulla NRL 2010 22 2 -   2 10 7 15 0 31.82% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Illawarra 1996-98 45 30 -   2 122 21 20 4 46.67% List
St Geo Illa 1999-06 154 47 -   5 193 85 64 5 55.19% List
Cronulla 2009-10 36 5 -   3 23 11 25 0 30.56% List
Overall1996-2010 235 82 0   10 338 117 109 9 49.79% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2007 33 18 -   4 76 20 12 1 60.61% List
Wigan 2008 27 8 -   1 33 13 12 2 48.15% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Wigan 2007-08 60 26 -   5 109 33 24 3 55.00% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    12/07/2020

    Could not understand all the fuss about this guy shocked when he took over captaincy for nsw from Kurt Gidley Low coach look what he did at manly not a first grade coach but probably will again

  • Peter Barrett
    18/11/2021

    Hi Trent,happy birthday today.Hope Vito catch up with you maybe when Dogs V Sharks, I follow the sharks. I am one of Ray Barretts twins from Temora.it would be nice to hear from you.

  • Anonymous
    22/11/2021

    Hi Trent, Peter Barrett here, I sent you a note a few days ago and was wondering if would be possible to catch up at any of the games between Dog v Shark?

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Nick Jones, AJ Lucantonio, Cymru RL, Bill Bates

Sources: NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual