As he comes to grips with getting back in the saddle at 10, Beauden Barrett believes the nature of a first-five has changed over the last decade

Barrett anchored the All Blacks at 10 when he was back-to-back world player of the year in 2016 and 2017, but has played fullback most of the time from 2019 until this year.

Barrett has told Newstalk ZB rugby is such a different game to then.



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