Beauden Barrett

“I must say I'm a bit more daunted about changing a nappy than I am making a tackle... unless it's Ngani Laumape or Ben Lam.”

“It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings and cousins around to compete with and play against.”

“Whatever role the coaches decide for me and the team, I'm happy with that.”

“We grow up in New Zealand from a young age getting up at 3am to watch the All Blacks play South Africa or England, it's part of who we are. So to be an All Black now is amazing.”

“Our mental skills expert Gilbert Enoka is just amazing the work he does.”

“I live in Wellington now but I love going back to the farm where all you can hear are the cows or the sea crashing in about a kilometre away. Our uncle's farm is on the beach and we are one up from that towards the mountain.”

“I'm such a perfectionist and I want to do everything right, kick every goal, do everything perfectly, but that is not reality.”

“I think New Zealand Rugby do an exceptional job, the way it's set up from the All Blacks, right down to grassroots. There's a clear path young players can take if they want to be an All Black, if they're talented, or if they get opportunities.”

“I take a laid-back approach to a lot of things in life and, at the end of the day, rugby's just a game.”