Jim Barrett (rugby union)

James Barrett (3 March 1888 — 31 August 1971) was a New Zealand rugby union international.

Barrett, known as "Buster", was born in Paeroa, where he attended St Joseph's Catholic School. He moved to Auckland as a teenager to become an apprentice wheelwright and played his rugby for the city's Marist club.

A loose forward, Barrett was capped twice by the All Blacks in 1913, as a flanker for the 2nd and 3rd Tests against the touring Australians. He made one further All Blacks appearance, an uncapped match on the 1914 tour of Australia.

Barrett served with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment in Egypt during World War I.