Liam Barry

Liam Barry
Birth nameLiam John Barry
Date of birth (1971-03-15) 15 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birthTakapuna, New Zealand
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
SchoolRosmini College
Notable relative(s)Kevin Barry (father)
Edward Barry (grandfather)
Hilary Barry (sister-in-law)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1992–1996 East Coast Bays Rugby Club ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2001 NEC ()
2002–04 Kubota ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991–96, 2001 North Harbour 83 (133)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996 Chiefs 6 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993, 1995 New Zealand 1 test 10 games (5)
Coaching career
Years Team
2006–2010 Blues Assistant Coach
2012–2014 North Harbour Head Coach
2015–2017 Black Rams Tokyo Assistant Coach
2017–2022 New Zealand Rugby Sevens Assistant Coach
2024- Australia Mens Rugby Sevens Head Coach

Liam John Barry (born 15 March 1971) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player. He is currently the Head Coach of the Australia Mens Rugby Sevens Team. Previously, he has been the assistant coach of the New Zealand Mens Rugby Sevens Team, the assistant coach of the Auckland Blues and head coach of North Harbour's provincial rugby union side. He debuted for North Harbour in 1991 at the age of 20, and racked up 83 games over a decade-long provincial career. He had two spells in Japan, playing for NEC from 1997 to 2001 and Kubota from 2002 to 2004.

Barry holds a special place among the long parade of All Blacks for when he was chosen as a 22-year-old for the tour of Scotland and England in 1993 he followed:

  • his father Kevin, All Black #623 and
  • his grandfather Ned, All Black #397;

in wearing the silver fern. That became the first instance of a family providing three generations of All Blacks. In July 2020 the family provided All Black jerseys worn by the three for display at the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North.[2]

  1. ^ "Hilary Barry's game of love". New Zealand Woman's Weekly. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Three generations of All Black jerseys on display". Stuff. 16 July 2020.