{{short description|English rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Donald Barrell | image = | birth_name = Donald Barrell | birth_date = | birth_place = Watford, England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}} | weight = {{convert|105|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | school = Watford Grammar School for Boys | university = University College London | position = Flanker, Number Eight | ru_currentteam = Saracens F.C. | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Harrow RFC | years1 = 2003–2011 | years2 = 2011– | clubs1 = Saracens F.C. | clubs2 = Bedford Blues | apps1 = 38 | points1 = 15 | repyears1 = | repteam1 = England U19's | repteam2 = England Sevens | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | pcupdate = | repupdate = }} '''Donald Barrell''' (born 3 February 1986 in Watford) is a rugby union player for the Bedford Blues in the Aviva Championship. He formerly played for Saracens in the Aviva Premiership. Barrell's position of choice is at Flanker or No. 8.
==Career== Barrell attended Watford Grammar School for Boys and played for his school team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Snow stops play as PE teacher bows out after 100 terms at Watford Grammar School for Boys|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/8746652.Snow_stops_play_as_PE_teacher_bows_out_after_100_terms/|publisher=Watford Observer|date=18 December 2010}}</ref> He went on to study Anthropology at University College London.<ref name="Donald Barrell profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.saracens.com/players/view.php?Id=77 |title=Donald Barrell profile |publisher=Saracens official site |date=2009-01-30 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529000539/http://www.saracens.com/players/view.php?Id=77 |archivedate=29 May 2008 }}</ref>
Barrell made his club debut aged 18 in the 2003–04 Zurich Premiership against the Northampton Saints.<ref name="Donald Barrell profile"/> Barrell represented the England U19's at the 2005 U19 IRB World Championship.<ref name="Askew names side to face South Africa">{{cite web|url=http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/10124 |title=Askew names side to face South Africa |publisher=RFU |date=2005-04-12 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119124943/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/10124 |archivedate=19 November 2008 }}</ref> He was a part of the wider England Sevens squad in the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series.<ref name="The England Sevens wider squad for 2006/07 is">{{cite web |url=http://www.england-rugby.com/EnglandRugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=Home.Simple_Display&storyid=15321 |title=The England Sevens wider squad for 2006/07 |publisher=RFU |date=2006-11-17 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307203023/http://www.england-rugby.com/EnglandRugby/index.cfm?fuseaction=Home.Simple_Display&storyid=15321 |archivedate=7 March 2009 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080529000539/http://www.saracens.com/players/view.php?Id=77 Saracens profile] *[http://www.guinnesspremiership.com/stats/profiles.php?player=5032&includeref=dynamic Guinness Premiership profile]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100314064403/http://www.rfu.com/SquadsAndPlayers/EnglandSevens/DonBarrell.aspx RFU England Sevens Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrell, Donald}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of University College London Category:English rugby union players Category:Male rugby sevens players Category:People educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys Category:Rugby union players from Watford Category:Saracens F.C. players