| Adrian Barich | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Adrian Williams Barich | ||
| Nickname | Barra | ||
| Born | (1963-12-05)5 December 1963 (age 61) 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 | |
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 formerAustralian rules footballer for theWest Coast Eagles andPerth Demons, andrugby league player.
Barich grew up in Canberra, where he played multiple sports includingrugby union (in which he represented the ACT),[1] later as a teenager he moved over toAustralian rules football and captained the first premiership forMarist College Pearce. He also played senior football for the now-defunctManuka Football Club for three seasons and was part of their 1981 premiership team. In 1984 he moved to Perth to play for thePerth Football Club under coachIan Miller.
Barich played Australian rules as amidfielder, halfback flanker and winger. After moving to Perth in 1984 and signing with thePerth Football Club he went on to play 160 games for the club and earn life membership. He also captained the side for two seasons.
Barich was an inaugural member of theWest 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 the1992 premiership. After missing selection in the team, he andPhil 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.
Barich played AFLState of Origin football forNew South Wales as well as representingWestern Australia three times, captaining them in 1993.
In 1995 he joined Western Australia's newly formedAustralian Rugby League club, theWestern 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 forNorth Beach Sea Eagles in theWARL.
Since 1995 Barich has been a television sports reporter and presenter withSeven News Perth. He was also a boundary commentator for the networks AFL coverage and part ofBasil's Footy Show.
He permanently became the weekend sports presenter onSeven News Perth in late 2007 following the shock death of his colleague and friendChris Mainwaring. Barich helps organise the Chris Mainwaring match for Telethon each year.
In 2010, Barich won the coveted Geoff Christian Medal for the best football journalist in Western Australia.
Barich has a long association with radio station 6PR, going back to the late 1980s when he filled in for Graham Mabury onNightline. In 2001 Barich paired withBasil Zempilas to co-host the breakfast program, and two and a half years later moved toSports Today, alongsideBrad Hardie andKarl Langdon. In mid-2006Sports Today was revamped and calledSports Central.
Barich also covered theWestern Force'sSuper 14 matches with Mick Collis on 6PR.
He is famous for saying "thank you very much", "gornski" and pronounces numbers likeLou Richards.
In 2010, Barich left 6PR and launched a new show on Mix 94.5 calledThe Dead Set Legends. He co-hosted the show withSeven News Perth presenter Sally Bowrey. In July 2012,Angela Tsun replaced Bowrey and the current line-up features Tania Armstrong,Damian Martin andAndrew Embley.
