Moving on after 20 years at the club to run his own player welfare business with Terry O'Connor.

His player welfare role at the Rhinos will be taken over by the retiring Kylie Leuluai.

Best wishes Baz and thanks for the numerous good (and occasionally not so good) memories.

I agree.
I still miss Barrie's barnstorming runs, bouncing players off like a tenpin bowling ball knocking down the pins.
Fitting that Kylie should replace him since he's been the nearest to Barrie in all other ways.
Who'll be the new Kylie?

One of my favourite ever Leeds players. On his day a very talented and destructive forward, possibly the most aggressive player I've seen



I don't know much about his off field work for us but I was informed the academy was left in a mess by John Bastian, and that Barry turned it around

Wish Barrie all the best with his new venture. He's been a great representative for and a credit to Leeds on and off the field.

What a superb servant to Leeds he has been, on and off the field. And fair to say - given what he was before he joined us - that Leeds have served Barrie well too. Best of luck in your new venture.

Presumably Kylie's accountancy exams didn't go too well again...

A sad day for Leeds Rhinos, losing a true Leeds icon.One of my favourite players and wish him well in his new venture. Kylie has a hard act to follow but hey ho the king is dead, long live the king!

No idea, but I suspect even if they had this would have been too good an opportunity to turn down.

Interesting that Barrie has made reference to both of their friendships with Terry Newton, and you wonder whether those tragic events are what has led them down this particular path.

Gotcha will be happy.

He's been a great servant to the club, and was one of the best props in the world in the late 90s/early 00s. There's been a few poor imitations since then, but no prop quite like him since.
I wish him all the best in his new venture.

Kylie staying must mean his lad is doing quite well at Man City.

Great player. I'll never forget when we bumped into him in that Irish bar in Perpignan. He was a bit drunker than us, and he did a little dance before leaning over the table and supping some of Lord Percy's pint. We asked Lord Percy if he was going to let Barry get away with that. Lord Percy replied 'Yes.'

His try at Wembley in '99 was when I realised we were finally going to win a major trophy.

Good luck to him in his business with Terry, and I'm glad Kylie isn't leaving the club just yet.

Best of luck to him

He favourited my tweet. I'm gona get todays date tattooed on my heart. The day Baz acknowledged me. Is anyone else tearing up?

Absolutely the very best of luck to Barrie in all he does. At last we had a forward that was respected and no one took any liberty's. Again a few years ago bumped into him in France when he was a bit merry and he was great fun, especially how such a big guy could fall and bounce back up in one movement. Class, thanks for all the memories Baz

Best wis he's for the future Barrie

Loved watching him play. A Leeds legend.

I like the new role e's going into though see the irony that Barrie will be looking after player welfare after spending much of his playing days doing exactly the opposite (on thee pitch) -)

Good job he has the sky income to fall back on - I cannot see of they will make much out of this. RL players are not on anything like the money Jermain Defoe is on. This service has to be aimed at young players who will be earning very little - not sure how the offering stacks up.

Great player not sure we saw the best of him - he hardly played in Murray's first year and Tony Smith didn't appear to really trust him either.

We saw his best time and time again, on and off the field a true Leeds Legend in my book

Amongst other things I will never forget his battles with Fielden during the Bulls 'glory period', true Leeds Legend.Wish him all the best.

From what I can gather it will be working with young players to provide advice/mentoring, and also assisting players who are coming towards the end of their careers in assessing their options and putting a plan together for after they finish in the game.

What about when Lance, and Powell were coaching the team? He was the best prop in the country.

Good look Barrie Leeds legend in my book

His battles with Fielden, his barnstorming runs, his try in the Cup Final.

But I'll remember him most for the 2005 World Club Challenge.
He came on. Got an offload away for McGuire's great try. Then from the kick off charged it in and laid out Grimaldi.

Lovely stuff.

Young players will not be able to afford it unless the club is willing to subsidise it - the second option I am unsure as to what qualifications either have to advise beyond basic common sense?

Not sure he was that - Bradford had 4 props every bit as good as him if not better - Saints has Britt who IMO was the best prop in SL by quite a distance.

Yes he provided go forward but his defence was poor as was his game management - I remember a game at Bradford when we lost to a drop goal that came as a result of a McDermott handling error with a minute to go.

More a crowd favourite than a genuine class player

Just been on a video sharing sites and watched Barrie vs Paul Sironen, Barrie and Terry best mates? and Barrie vs Fielden.

Leeds legend.

Was chatting to Kylie last night and I congratulated him on his new job and he seemed surprised that everyone knew about it. I guess he doesn't read much on social media.

Bazza was a legend and I loved it when he came off the bench and added a bit of 'animal' to the side, something I believe we've been lacking since he hung his boots up.