Neil Barnes

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

Neil Barnes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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

There'll be no excuses.

Way quicker than I'm used to, to be honest.

You're dealing with a different standard of player here and you have to coach a little bit differently too.

They have a lot more ownership.

They just take things in their own grasp.

So yeah, my job's just, to be honest, guiding.

being very clear and being simple.

Renz has been talking about it the whole time, being brilliant at basics.

So yeah, being organised and allowing the players to take ownership when you get to the end of the week.

At the end of the day, that's sport, and he's been around a while.

It's nice to get into another campaign and wash that away.

I'm sure when those boys walk in our door, that stuff's gone.

We're an all-black team.

We're not worried about what's going on in the past.

Yeah, it's good, isn't it?

If we want a strong all-black team, we need depth across every position, not just one.

Exciting, really exciting.

long time coming.

It's been a lot of work going to get to here so yeah our whole coaching group is coming together well too so the cohesion is getting higher and higher as the week progresses.

It's still a game of rugby and you have to match other teams with whatever they bring and physicality is just a part of any game plan to be perfectly honest.

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