Barry Beath (born in

Eugowra, New South Wales Eugowra is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is split between Forbes Shire and Cabonne Shire local government area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Eugowra had a population of 779. Geography ...

) is an Australian former professional

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footballer, a second-row forward for the

St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until th ...

in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He represented for

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and in the Australia national rugby league team.

Career

Beath was first selected in 1965 for New South Wales and Australia from Country Representative honours while playing for Eugowra. In 1966 he joined St George in the final year of their 11-year premiership run. Beath had his own 12-year run with the Dragons from 1966 to 1977, with the distinction of being with a premiership winning club in his first and last years in the NSWRL. His only grand final win was actually his last ever match when came on as reserve in the 1977 Grand Final win. Barry Beath played 198 first grade games and scored 61 tries for the

during his long career. He was awarded Life Membership of the

in 1976. Barry's name remains popular in Australian rhyming slang. Ie look at your Barry Beath meaning teeth.

Representative career

Beath represented New South Wales in 1965, 1967 and 1971. He represented Australia again in 1971 against New Zealand, having played in the Dragons Grand Final loss that year to South Sydney where he scored a try. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 393.ARL Annual Report 2005

References

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