Brad Thorn is a former rugby league and rugby union player and coach. He won four premierships with the Brisbane Broncos, during the team's most successful era. He appeared for Queensland 14 times and Australia 8 times, after which he made the successful transition to playing rugby union, representing the All Blacks in 59 test matches and winning a Rugby World Cup in 2011. Born in Mosgiel, New Zealand, he moved to Brisbane at the age of 9. His professional career started at age nineteen, and finished at age forty-one.