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Vince Rugari
September 22, 2016, 2:07 pm
The semi-retired 41-year-old is on the bench for Queensland Country's clash against the Western Sydney Rams at Concord Oval on Saturday.
Thorn has been an assistant coach for Country but flagged his desire at the start of the NRC to pull on the boots again if required, and he'll do so with coach Toutai Kefu's blessing.
"It's great to welcome a player of Brad Thorn's calibre into the team," Kefu said.
"He's been excellent in his role as assistant coach and the players are all really looking forward to having the chance to play alongside him."
Thorn, a former World Cup winner with the All Blacks who also played eight rugby league Tests for Australia, announced his retirement in mid-2015 after wrapping up a stint with English Premiership side Leicester Tigers.
That brought him to 450 career matches in top-level union and league during 21 years as a professional.
Now he'll add at least one more game to that tally, and potentially another two if he's needed for the final rounds of the NRC.
Thorn had originally hoped to fill in for the Queensland Reds this year in Super Rugby after joining the club as a development coach, but the opportunity never presented itself.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sp...y-debut/#page1
Still not sure if this is a good or bad thing for the NRC, but either way it is an amazing individual effort to still be in the mix![]()
80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
Has never played Rugby for an Oz team. One more box ticked. What a player.
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
If he was playing for the spirit he'd be accused of stealing a club player's spot.
Go neck a XXXX. Bloody Queenslanders!
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Hardly. The Blues used to win back in the good ol' days. Now go skol them XXXX's kiddo.![]()
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
I'll throw you a bone though;
If you can get it over there - the entire Newstead brewery's range of beers are exceptional.
Especially the pale ale
how does this develop players
Maybe they a little short on players in Union because they all going to league.. just reading the local papers..
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David