Connor Braid

{{short description|Canadian rugby union player}}

{{More footnotes needed|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Connor Braid

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Connor Jackson Braid

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|05|31}}

| birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 98.4 kg

| position = Centre / Fly-half

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 = James Bay AA

| ru_amupdate =

| repteam1 = Canada U20

| repteam2 = {{nrut|Canada}}

| repyears1 = 2009–2010

| repyears2 = 2010–2018

| repcaps1 = 7

| repcaps2 = 26

| reppoints1 = 40

| reppoints2 = 43

| ru_ntupdate = 27 January 2018

| years1 =

| years2 = 2012–2013

| years3 = 2014–2015

| years4 = 2014–2015

| years5 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = BC Bears

| clubs2 = Doncaster Knights

| clubs3 = Glasgow Warriors

| clubs4 = → London Scottish

| clubs5 = Worcester Warriors

| apps1 =

| apps2 = 12

| apps3 = 6

| apps4 = 7

| apps5 = 5

| points1 =

| points2 = 5

| points3 = 11

| points4 = 10

| points5 = 27

| ru_clubupdate = 21 January 2021

| repsevensyears1 = 2011–

| repsevensteam1 = Canada

| repsevenscomp1 = 37

| ru_sevensupdate = 21 January 2021{{cite web |title=Connor Braid |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-international-17397.html |website=its rugby |access-date=21 January 2021}}

| school = Oak Bay High School

| university = Royal Roads University

| medals = {{MedalSport | Men's rugby sevens }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2013 Cali | Team competition }}

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Connor Jackson Braid (born May 31, 1990) is a Canadian rugby union player. Braid is capable of playing at fly-half, in the centres or in the back three for XVs. In VIIs Braid's preferred position is at prop.

Career

At the start of the 2014–15 season Braid signed an initial 3-month contract with Glasgow Warriors. This contract was extended although he was sent to London Scottish in December 2014 on loan with an agreement that he could return for cover during the 2015 Six Nations tournament. However, at the end of the Six Nations Glasgow Warriors announced that Braid would stay with the Pro 12 club until the end of the season.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Braid is now playing professionally with Canada 7s.

In June 2021, Braid was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.{{cite web|last=Awad|first=Brandi|title=Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/06/25/team-canada-names-womens-and-mens-rugby-teams-for-tokyo-2020/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=25 June 2021|access-date=4 July 2021}}{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1080684/canada-and-united-states-book-tokyo-2020-place-at-world-rugby-womens-sevens-series|title=Canada and United States book Tokyo 2020 place at World Rugby Women's Sevens Series|website=www.insidethegames.biz/|publisher=Dunsar Media Company Limited|date=15 June 2019|access-date=16 June 2019}}

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