A specialist openside flanker, Luke Braid is a promising loose forward and the younger brother of Daniel.
He was a part of the Chiefs Wider Training Group in 2009 and was promoted to the full Chiefs squad in 2010 where he earned nine caps before signing for the Blues for the 2011 Investec Super Rugby season.
In 2008 he was a member of the successful New Zealand Under-20 team which won the IRB Junior World Championship, and at the conclusion of the tournament he was named the IRB Junior Player of the Year.