Barba, Benjamin

Benjamin BARBA [Player Stats]


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Barba poised to swoop NYC point and try scoring records
Thu August 28, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Bulldogs whiz kid Ben Barba holds a very comfortable lead as top point scorer and top scorer with two rounds to play in the first Toyota Cup season.

Barba had four weeks in first grade opening the door for his rivals to run him down and both Josh Dugan (Raiders) and Kevin Locke (Warriors) have racked up many points in the last month, but it looks like that Barba will hold firm until at least the Finals. Dugan's average of points per game is very similar to Barba's and he has been a major presence for the Raiders when he has been on the field. Barba returned last week for the Bulldogs where he scored one try and landed two goals for a total of eight points.

So far 11 players have racked up over 100 points this season with Souths providing two players - Eddie Paea and Chris Sandow. The latter is odds on favourite to take out the Peter Moore NRL Rookie of the Year award for his performances in the Rabbitohs revival in the second half of the season.

Brisbane's Jharal Yow Yeh became the second player to pass 20 tries for the season and despite playing three more games than Barba is still seven tries behind him.

Dugan, Barba and Locke are all in a tight race to see who finishes up as the leading goal kicker with Dugan leading Barba by one goal with Locke a further goal behind.

Sandow is poised to take out a unique double as being the most accurate goal kicker in the NRL and NYC competitions (minimum 10 goals). Sandow's strike rate in the NRL is 90% (18/20) and his NYC strike rate before promotion stood at 84% (47/56).

Ten players have landed drop goals this season in the Toyota Cup with Warriors Isaac John and Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans leading the way with three each.

TOP POINTSCORERS
246 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) 28t, 66/103g, 2fg Avg: 13.67 (18 games)
182 Josh Dugan (Raiders) 12t, 67/91g Avg: 12.13 (15 games)
182 Kevin Locke (Warriors) 13t, 65/92g Avg: 9.58 (19 games)
138 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 15t, 39/52g Avg: 11.50 (12 games)
124 Ben Hunt (Broncos) 14t, 34/49g Avg: 5.90 (21 games)
120 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) 11t, 37/52g, 2fg Avg: 6.67 (18 games)
120 Jared Kahu (Broncos) 5t, 50/64g Avg: 6.32 (19 games)
118 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 6t, 47/56g Avg: 10.73 (11 games)
110 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 9t, 37/45g Avg: 10.00 (11 games)
105 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles) 7t, 37/62g, 3fg Avg: 4.77 (22 games)

TOP TRY SCORERS
28 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Avg: 1.56 (18 games)
21 Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos) Avg: 1.00 (21 games)
18 Kevin Gordon (Gold Coast) Avg: 1.00 (18 games)
15 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Avg: 1.25 (12 games)
15 Coedi Towney (Tigers) Avg: 1.00 (15 games)
15 Simon Williams (Knights) Avg: 0.94 (16 games)
14 Jimmy Fawcett (Bulldogs) Avg: 0.70 (20 games)
14 Ben Hunt (Broncos) Avg: 0.67 (21 games)
13 Justin Carney (Raiders) Avg: 1.18 (11 games)
13 Joe Vickery (Dragons) Avg: 0.72 (18 games)

TOP GOAL KICKERS
67 Josh Dugan (Raiders) Accuracy: 74% (Attempts 91). Avg: 4.47 (15 games)
66 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 103). Avg: 3.67 (18 games)
65 Kevin Locke (Warriors) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 92). Avg: 3.42 (19 games)
50 Jared Kahu (Broncos) Accuracy: 78% (Attempts 64). Avg: 2.63 (19 games)
47 Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 84% (Attempts 56). Avg: 4.27 (11 games)
42 Liam Foran (Storm) Accuracy: 64% (Attempts 66). Avg: 2.33 (18 games)
39 Lachlan Coote (Panthers) Accuracy: 75% (Attempts 52). Avg: 3.25 (12 games)
37 Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) Accuracy: 82% (Attempts 45). Avg: 3.36 (11 games)
37 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs) Accuracy: 71% (Attempts 52). Avg: 2.06 (18 games)

MOST ACCURATE GOAL KICKERS
84% Chris Sandow (Rabbitohs) 47/56
82% Kayne Lawton (Gold Coast) 37/45
82% Jordan Rapana (Gold Coast) 27/33
81% Nathan Gardner (Eels) 22/27
78% Jared Kahu (Broncos) 50/64
75% Tony Williams (Eels) 36/48
75% Lachlan Coote (Panthers) 39/52
74% Blake Lazarus (Tigers) 14/19
74% Josh Dugan (Raiders) 67/91
73% Matthew Wright (Panthers) 19/26

DROP GOAL SCORERS
3 Isaac John (Warriors)
3 Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)
2 Benjamin Barba (Bulldogs)
2 Eddie Paea (Rabbitohs)
2 Daniel Mortimer (Eels)
1 Adrian Davis (Bulldogs)
1 James Smart (Sharks)
1 Tim Moltzen (Tigers)
1 Darren Nicholls (Tigers)
1 Jarryd Hogan (Sharks)

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Groom set to replace Hughes at hooker for Dragons clash
Sat July 26, 2008
by Matthew O'Neill
Youngster Aaron Groom is set to come into the Bulldogs side for Monday's clash against traditional rivals St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium with hooker Corey Hughes unlikely to play.

Hughes was injured during the Bulldogs disappointing loss against the Warriors last week and Groom trained in the position yesterday.

Groom has played in three matches this season since switching across from Manly with one match being at halfback and two matches from the interchange. Groom has battled injury at times this season and has been hampered by bad luck when a more permanent first grade spot beckoned.

The Bulldogs made two forced changes for Monday's clash with Ben Roberts and Lee Te Maari dropped for disciplinary reasons.

Toyota Cup sensation Ben Barba has been named as Roberts replacement. Barba has scored 27 tries from 17 matches this season at Toyota Cup level and has scored 238 points - exactly 100 clear of the Warriors Kevin Locke. Barba will start from the interchange bench and more than likely be used in two spells from coach Steve Folkes.

Barba's selection in the top grade has been coming for weeks on the back of his outstanding form in the Toyota Cup. Folkes was recently asked about Barba following the Bulldogs embarrassing loss against Canberra with Folkes saying that selecting Barba at this point in time would be 'criminal' and labeled faithful supporters who pushed or Barba as 'niff nuffs'. However, yesterday Barba trained strongly with the first grade squad and said that Folkes was an outstanding assistance to him and helped him along greatly.

No official replacement was named for Te Maari, but versatile back-rower Nick Kouparitsas is the likely replacement. Kouparitsas came in for Sonny Bill Williams last week and has played regular first grade in the last two seasons, but has struggled for form this year.

Thu July 24, 2008
• Barba to make NRL debut as Bulldogs drop Roberts and Te Maari
  
Wed June 25, 2008
• Barba increases NYC domination following 24-point haul
  

====================================================================================================== 2008 Toyota National Youth Competition Bulldogs 19 games; 28 tries, 67/104 goals, 2 field goals, 248 points. [View] Round 1 [15 Mar 08] L 24-30 v Eels (A). [F8] 12 Pts; 2t, 2/5g [View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] W 26-24 v Rabbitohs (A). [F8] 14 Pts; 2t, 3/5g [View] Round 3 [30 Mar 08] W 27-20 v Tigers (H). [F8] 11 Pts; 1t, 3/4g, 1fg [View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] W 38-10 v Roosters (H). [F8] 10 Pts; 1t, 3/7g [View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] D 26-26 v Warriors (A). [F8] 6 Pts; 3/5g [View] Round 6 [19 Apr 08] L 22-32 v Dragons (H). [HB] 10 Pts; 1t, 3/4g [View] Round 7 [26 Apr 08] L 18-22 v Sea Eagles (A). [HB] 14 Pts; 2t, 3/3g [View] Round 9 [10 May 08] W 20-18 v Panthers (H). [FB] 12 Pts; 2t, 2/4g [View] Round 10 [16 May 08] D 28-28 v Gold Coast (A). [FB] 8 Pts; 4/5g [View] Round 11 [26 May 08] W 60-16 v Sharks (H). [HB] 20 Pts; 1t, 8/11g [View] Round 12 [31 May 08] L 16-30 v Storm (A). [HB] 4 Pts; 2/3g [View] Round 13 [07 Jun 08] W 42-16 v Knights (H). [HB] 18 Pts; 3t, 3/9g [View] Round 15 [21 Jun 08] W 32-18 v Raiders (H). [F8] 24 Pts; 4t, 4/6g [View] Round 16 [27 Jun 08] W 56-26 v Roosters (A). [F8] 24 Pts; 2t, 8/10g [View] Round 17 [07 Jul 08] D 29-29 v Rabbitohs (H). [F8] 16 Pts; 2t, 4/5g [View] Round 18 [13 Jul 08] W 33-16 v Broncos (A). [F8] 17 Pts; 2t, 4/6g, 1fg [View] Round 19 [19 Jul 08] L 38-43 v Warriors (H). [F8] 18 Pts; 2t, 5/7g [View] Round 24 [23 Aug 08] L 20-24 v Eels (H). [F8] 8 Pts; 1t, 2/4g [View] Round 25 [31 Aug 08] L 12-40 v Broncos (H). [F8] 2 Pts; 1/1g ====================================================================================================== 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership Bulldogs 4 games; 1 tries, 4 points. [View] Round 20 [28 Jul 08] L 0-30 v Dragons (A). [BE] [View] Round 21 [03 Aug 08] L 4-56 v Tigers (A). [BE] [View] Round 22 [09 Aug 08] L 12-36 v Cowboys (H). [FB] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 23 [16 Aug 08] L 16-52 v Panthers (A). [FB] ======================================================================================================

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