Neil Barnes

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252 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Jul

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DSPN -RUGBY · DAMIAN MCKENZIE + NIEL BARNES On Upcoming ALL BLACKS v FRANCE Test Match · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

I think we're going good.

We've got an awesome bloody group of men there along with an outstanding coach in Jason Ryan.

These boys are primed, ready to go.

We're playing second to anyone in that field.

Do you want him to play?

Yeah, well, it'd hurt him because he's getting on a bit.

Look he's got great expertise around the throwing so he's in there as a throwing coach at the moment it's a big part of a line out getting that stuff right and the support for the boys so yeah he's been awesome for us in the week or so he's been with us as far as giving the boys that confidence and the routines I suppose to be better that's what this team's about.

It's just one skill set if you've got that.

We've got a balance in here is what I'll say to you.

We've got people with all sorts of skill sets in there and your height, your line out ability is just one thing.

Obviously if you've got the whole lot it makes your buddy a little bit unique but you'll notice in the balance of it there's people with different skill sets in there.

No, not really.

We've had really robust discussions about what our team should look like going into this game.

And to be fair, there's a lot of decisions to make where it's very, very close.

So, yeah, I can't really go into the reasons why it'll be.

But, yeah, it's good that we've got choices to make.

And it's not obvious choices all the time.

So people will get their opportunity on the way through.

Look, at the end of the day it's probably marrying into our game plan.

The Ford coaches in this team, to be fair, have done a great job and the players have been good too.

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