Bradley Barritt

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Bradley Barritt

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Personal information
Full name Bradley Barritt
Date of birth August 7 1986 ( 1986-08-07) (age 21)
Place of birth Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Nickname Brad
School Kearsney College
College University of Natal, 2nd year B.Comm
Occupation(s)  Professional rugby union footballer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre, Fly-half
Provincial/State sides Caps (points)
2006- Natal Sharks 9 (0)
Super Rugby    
2006 Sharks 10 (5), 1 try

Bradley Barritt (born 7 August 1986 in Durban, South Africa) is a current player in a provincial rugby union team, the Sharks. He stands 186cm tall and weighs in at 95kg and plays the position of centre.

During his debut season in the 2006 Currie Cup and Super 14 season for the Natal Sharks and Sharks, Barritt showed great promise as a quality inside-centre for his provincial team. Parlaying those performances into his debut Super 14 season (2006), Barritt has risen to prominence as one of South Africa's leading inside-backs, owing in no small part to his tenacity on defence and astute ball distribution skills, often, with provincial team-mate Waylon Murray, providing a valuable link to the Wings and offering stability to The Sharks' midfield.

He has the ability to play at fly-half (although in a rather ad-hoc capacity) and did so to great effect in the 2006 Currie Cup season when perennially injured provincial team-mate Butch James was absent from the squad. However, due to the emergence of Francois Steyn at the coastal franchise, Barritt's opportunity to play fly-half has been curtailed, leading to a him finding a more settled role as the Sharks' first-choice inside-centre.

Barritt went to Kearsney College where he was a College Prefect in 2004 and captained the 1st XV in 2004.

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