Neil Barnes rugby player
Neil Barnes rugby player

Neil Barnes

1st Jan 1970 0.00m/kg Coach

Neil Barnes joined the Chiefs in 2016 directly from the 2015 Rugby World Cup where he was the Canadian forwards coach. The Taranaki dairy farmer brings a wealth of coaching experience having spent seven years away including two Rugby World Cup campaigns as the Canadian Maples forwards coach.

Barnes was the assistant coach for the Taranaki provincial side and the Hurricanes Colts assistant coach with Dave Rennie. The dairy farmer has won seven club rugby titles with New Plymouth Old Boys and also represented Taranaki for a few matches at lock.

Since his return he has continued to add to his coaching resume completing his third Rugby World Cup campaign, this time with Fiji as their assistant coach.

He has continued as the Chiefs assistant coach under Warren Gatland.

Career

processimage Taranaki
Head Coach
2003 - present
Old Boys Marist RFC - Whangarei logo Old Boys Marist RFC - Whangarei
Coach
1993 - 2001
canada Canada
Coach
2009 - 2015
fidji Fiji
Coach
2019 - 2019
chiefs Chiefs
Coach
2015 - 2022