Brad Thorn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brad Thorn

New Zealand-Australian rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1975

Place of Birth: Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand

Profession: rugby union player, rugby league player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player.
Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a 22-season career as a player.
He is currently the head coach of the Queensland Reds. Thorn played rugby league for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition for a total of ten seasons in two spells, and represented Queensland in the State of Origin series.
He played eight times for Australia - five for the Kangaroos, and three games for the Super League Australia team.
His preferred position in rugby league was in the second-row, though he was equally effective as a prop.
In 2000 Thorn was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. He first moved to rugby union in 2001 and, over two spells in the sport, became one of the most successful rugby union players.
A lock, he was the first player to win a World Cup, a Super Rugby title and the Heineken Cup, despite only moving to the sport in his mid-twenties.
He won 59 international caps for New Zealand, and was part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup. After retiring in 2015, he became a coach, and was appointed head coach of the Reds in October 2017.