Barry Williams

Who is Barry Williams?

Barry Williams born in Great Broughton, is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, playing at representative level for Wales, and Cumbria, and at club level for Carlisle, and Workington Town, as a Hooker, i.e. number 9. A wonderfully talented ball-playing forward, Williams played a prominent role as Carlisle beat Castleford in the 1995-96 Regal Trophy. A season earlier, he had helped Workington finish ninth in the old first division. In 1997 he turned down a move to Leeds Rhinos in order to have another spell at Town.