# Liam Barry
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{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player and coach (born 1971)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Liam Barry
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Liam John Barry
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Takapuna](/source/Takapuna), New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.95 m
| weight = 98 kg
| ru_position = [Flanker](/source/Flanker_(rugby_union))
| amatyears1 = 1992–1996
| amatteam1 = East Coast Bays Rugby Club
| ru_amupdate =
| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}
| repyears1 = 1993, 1995
| repcaps1 = 1 test 10 games
| reppoints1 = 5
| years1 = 1997–2001
| years2 = 2002–04
| clubs1 = [NEC](/source/NEC_Green_Rockets)
| clubs2 = [Kubota](/source/Kubota_Spears)
| apps1 =
| points1 =
| ru_currentclub =
| super1 = Chiefs
| superyears1 = 1996
| superapps1 = 6
| superpoints1 =
| province1 = North Harbour
| provinceyears1 = 1991–96, 2001
| provinceapps1 = 83
| provincepoints1 = 133
| repsevensyears1 =
| repsevensteam1 =
| repsevenscomp1 =
| coachyears1 = 2006–2010
| coachyears2 = 2012–2014
| coachyears3 = 2015–2017
| coachyears4 = 2017–2022
| coachyears5 = 2024-
| coachteams1 = [Blues](/source/Blues) Assistant Coach
| coachteams2 = [North Harbour](/source/North_Harbour_Rugby_Union) Head Coach
| coachteams3 = [Black Rams Tokyo](/source/Black_Rams_Tokyo) Assistant Coach
| coachteams4 = [New Zealand Rugby Sevens](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team) Assistant Coach
| coachteams5 = [Australia Mens Rugby Sevens](/source/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team) Head Coach
| ru_coachupdate =
| relatives = [Kevin Barry](/source/Kevin_Barry_(rugby_union)) (father)
[Edward Barry](/source/Ned_Barry) (grandfather)
[Hilary Barry](/source/Hilary_Barry) (sister-in-law)[{{cite journal|date=16 September 2011|title=Hilary Barry's game of love|url=http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/celebrity/hilary-barrys-game-of-love|journal=New Zealand Woman's Weekly|accessdate=23 August 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053923/http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/celebrity/hilary-barrys-game-of-love/|url-status=dead}}]
| school = [Rosmini College](/source/Rosmini_College)
}}
'''Liam John Barry''' (born 15 March 1971) is a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) coach and former rugby union player. He is currently the Head Coach of the [Australia Mens Rugby Sevens Team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team). Previously, he has been the assistant coach of the [New Zealand Mens Rugby Sevens Team](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team), the assistant coach of the [Auckland Blues](/source/Auckland_Blues) and head coach of [North Harbour's](/source/North_Harbour_Rugby_Union) provincial rugby union side. He debuted for [North Harbour](/source/North_Harbour_Rugby_Union) in 1991 at the age of 20, and racked up 83 games over a decade-long provincial career. He had two spells in [Japan](/source/Japan), playing for [NEC](/source/NEC_Green_Rockets) from 1997 to 2001 and [Kubota](/source/Kubota_Spears) from 2002 to 2004.
Barry holds a special place among the long parade of [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks) for when he was chosen as a 22-year-old for the tour of [Scotland](/source/Scotland) and [England](/source/England) in 1993 he followed:
* his father [Kevin](/source/Kevin_Barry_(rugby_union)), All Black #623 and
* his grandfather [Ned](/source/Ned_Barry), 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](/source/New_Zealand_Rugby_Museum) in [Palmerston North](/source/Palmerston_North).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300058372/three-generations-of-all-black-jerseys-on-display|title=Three generations of All Black jerseys on display|date=16 July 2020|website=Stuff}}]
==International career==
On his first tour with the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks) Liam Barry became the innocent participant in a major controversy. Coach [Laurie Mains](/source/Laurie_Mains) brought [Mike Brewer](/source/Mike_Brewer_(rugby_union)) into his squad for the latter part of the tour although he had been originally unavailable for business reasons and was in [Britain](/source/United_Kingdom) at the time for that purpose. When Brewer was brought in as a reserve for the international against [England](/source/England_rugby_union_team) and especially when he took the field as a replacement against the [Barbarians](/source/Barbarians_(rugby_team)) in the tour finale it caused a storm of protest, especially in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). This was because he had been preferred to official selections in the team in Barry and also [John Mitchell](/source/John_Mitchell_(rugby_union)). The aftermath came close to Mains being replaced as All Black coach and, in fact, one of his selection colleagues, [Peter Thorburn](/source/Peter_Thorburn), was dropped for the 1994 season.
Mains, apparently, believed Barry in 1993 had shown a lack of readiness for top international rugby and while he went on the development tour of [Argentina](/source/Argentina) in 1994 he was overlooked for the [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks) for the next two seasons.
But at the end of the 1995 season Barry toured [France](/source/France) and [Italy](/source/Italy) and gained a test cap in the second international against [France](/source/France_rugby_union_team). {{citation needed|date=August 2014}} That was the end of his All Black career, though. He was affected by injury for much of the 1996 season and was ruled out of the tour of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).
At the end of that year he took up a contract in [Japan](/source/Japan), returning to [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) for another [NPC](/source/National_Provincial_Championship_(1976%E2%80%932005)) season with [North Harbour](/source/North_Harbour_Rugby_Union) in 2001. But after failing to win a Super 12 contract for 2002 Barry at 31 returned for another stint in Japan.[{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=42 | title=Liam Barry All Blacks Profile|accessdate=11 March 2013}}]
==Coaching career==
Barry spent six years with the [Blues](/source/Auckland_Blues) franchise, as a skills coach from 2006–2009 and assistant coach in 2009–10.
In 2010 Barry had been named as the [North Harbour](/source/North_Harbour_Rugby_Union) rugby head coach for 2011 taking over from former [All Blacks](/source/All_Blacks) [Craig Dowd](/source/Craig_Dowd) and [Jeff Wilson](/source/Jeff_Wilson_(sportsman)) who were sacked after two under-achieving seasons in the job.[{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/4428282/Liam-Barry-new-North-Harbour-coach|title=Liam Barry new North Harbour coach|date=6 December 2010|accessdate=11 March 2013 }}] Unfortunately Liam was also unable to find success with the team as they recorded:
* 2012 10 games – 1 win, 9 losses, 205 points for & 307 against – last place in the championship.
* 2013 10 games – 1 win, 1 draw, 8 losses, 193 points for & 330 against – last place in the championship.
* 2014 10 games – 3 wins, 7 losses, 214 points for & 306 against – 5th in the championship.
Although the 2014 season brought only 3 Albany wins these were notable as they were:
* 29–24 over premiership semi-finalists [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury_Rugby_Football_Union),
* 28–25 over the [Ranfurly Shield](/source/Ranfurly_Shield) holders [Hawkes Bay](/source/Hawke's_Bay_(Mitre_10_Cup)), and
* 24–13 over [Manawatu](/source/Manawatu_(Mitre_10_Cup)) who were the championship winners in 2014.
Barry left the North Harbour coaching role at the end of the 2014 season to join the Japanese top division club [Ricoh Black Rams](/source/Black_Rams_Tokyo) as an assistant coach. Barry then moved back to New Zealand to enter a role as the assistant coach of the [New Zealand national rugby sevens team](/source/New_Zealand_national_rugby_sevens_team). During his tenure, the All Blacks Sevens took out nearly every title, including the Commonwealth Games Gold Medal, Rugby Sevens World Cup in 2018, the 2020-21 World Series and silver at the Tokyo Olympics. Barry then left the coaching scene to take up a role as a team leader with High Performance Sport New Zealand and subsequently he was appointed as the [Australia national rugby sevens team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team) Head Coach.[https://www.rugby.com.au/news/liam-barry-ready-to-take-mens-sevens-side-into-new-era-2025117]
==Personal life==
Liam Barry is a qualified teacher. He is married to Sarah and together they have four children: Esther, Nathaniel, Isaiah, and Nieve.
==References==
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Category:People educated at Rosmini College
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
Category:North Harbour rugby union players
Category:Rugby union flankers
Category:Kubota Spears players
Category:Green Rockets Tokatsu players
Category:New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Category:New Zealand rugby union coaches
Category:New Zealand people of Irish descent
Category:Sportspeople of Irish descent
Category:Rugby union players from Auckland
Category:People from Takapuna
Category:Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
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