Adrian Barich
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| Adrian Barich | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Adrian Williams Barich | ||
| Nickname | Barra | ||
| Born |
5 December 1963 Canberra | ||
| Original team | Perth (WAFL) | ||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1984–1994 | Perth | 161 (93) | |
| 1987–1992 | West Coast | 47 (27) | |
| Total | 208 (120) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1988–1994 | Western Australia | 4 (1) | |
| 1992–1993 | New South Wales/ACT | 2 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Adrian Williams Barich (born 5 December 1963) is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles and Perth Demons, and rugby league player.
Barich grew up in Canberra, where he played multiple sports including rugby union (in which he represented the ACT),[1] later as a teenager he moved over to Australian rules football and captained the first premiership for Marist College Pearce. He also played senior football for the now-defunct Manuka Football Club for three seasons and was part of their 1981 premiership team. In 1984 he moved to Perth to play for the Perth Football Club under coach Ian Miller.
Sporting career
Australian rules football
Perth Football Club
Barich played Australian rules as a midfielder, halfback flanker and winger. After moving to Perth in 1984 and signing with the Perth Football Club he went on to play 160 games for the club and earn life membership. He also captained the side for two seasons.
West Coast Eagles
Barich was an inaugural member of the West Coast Eagles and played in their historic first game in 1987. In his 47 games, Barich proved to be a robust midfielder. His place in West Coast Eagles history was forged more for his off-field role in the 1992 premiership. After missing selection in the team, he and Phil Scott, another inaugural player, penned a moving letter to those players selected to represent the club, letting their teammates know how much victory would mean to those who could not play and what it meant to those players who had been involved from club infancy.
Representative football
Barich played AFL State of Origin football for New South Wales as well as representing Western Australia three times, captaining them in 1993.
Rugby league
In 1995 he joined Western Australia's newly formed Australian Rugby League club, the Western Reds and played for two seasons. However, he only played one first grade trial game and did not make a first grade appearance.[2] Barich also played for North Beach Sea Eagles in the WARL.
