Gary Braid
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}
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|birth_place = Tauranga, New Zealand
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|ru_club1 = Otumoetai Cadets
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|ru_teamC = North Harbor
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|club1 = Ngongotaha Chiefs
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| education = Otumoetai College
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| relatives = Luke Braid (son)
Daniel Braid (son)
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Gary John Braid (born 25 July 1960) is a New Zealand former rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union. His two sons, Luke and Daniel, both play rugby union
Rugby union career
Braid attended Otumoetai College where he played soccer before taking up rugby union and making the first XV in his last year at high school. Braid made his debut for Bay of Plenty in 1981 as a flanker before moving to lock. Braid made the All Blacks in 1983 and played in eleven games including in two test matches.
He was loaned to North Harbor in 1986. Braid was made captain of the Bay of Plenty in 1991.{{cite web| url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=82| title=Gary Braid| website=stats.allblacks.com| accessdate=5 November 2016}}
Rugby league career
Braid switched codes to rugby league in 1992, joining the Ngongotaha Chiefs in the Bay of Plenty Rugby League competition.Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1992 New Zealand Rugby League, 1992. p.p.155-159Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1996 New Zealand Rugby League, 1996. p.p.53
Later years
Braid currently owns the "Kingslander" pub in Kingsland, New Zealand.[http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/5890010/Kingslanders-profits-soar-during-World-Cup Pub fails to sell despite World Cup incentive] stuff.co.nz, 2 November 2011 He coached Auckland University RFC in the Auckland Premier competition in 2002-2003.
In 2018/2019 season he joined Rugby Club Ljubljana (Slovenia) as a head coach of their senior side.
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Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
Category:Bay of Plenty rugby union players
Category:New Zealand international rugby union players
Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:New Zealand rugby union players
Category:Ngongotaha Chiefs players
Category:North Harbour rugby union players
Category:People educated at Otumoetai College
Category:Rugby league players from Tauranga