About
Braydon stormed onto the provincial rugby scene in 2017 with a standout season for the championship Canterbury team.
Originally from Auckland, he joined the Crusaders Academy in 2015 with a scholarship. Braydon was part of the victorious New Zealand Under 20 team that lifted the Junior Rugby World Cup in Georgia in 2017 and went on to be named Canterbury A First Year Player of the Year at the Canterbury Rugby Awards later that year.
He made his Crusaders debut in 2018 and made his 50th appearance in 2022 where he was named for every game that season. Braydon was named again for every game in 2023, and was in the starting line up in all but one. In 2019 Braydon made his Test debut for the All Blacks with 9 caps to date.
Having spent 2024 unable for selection due to injury, Braydon used his time gaining his coaching certificate, finessing his golf skills and travelling Zimbabwe.