Braydon Ennor, 9 caps with New Zealand, will join Usap until 2029.
New Zealand international center Braydon Ennor has signed with Perpignan for next season, the Catalan club announced on Tuesday, a little over a month after securing the services of Sevu Reece, another All Black.
The 28-year-old three-quarter of the Crusaders (9 caps) has signed until 2029 and will join Perpignan in the off-season, after having known two teams in his career: Canterbury in the New Zealand provincial championship and the Crusaders. A starter in this team, which won Super Rugby in 2025, Ennor had his first selection with the All Blacks in 2019, but has not been capped since August 2023.
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For President François Rivière’s Usap, the catch does not have the scale of that of Sevu Reece (28 years old, 36 caps), also a Crusaders player, and best director in the history of Super Rugby, but it confirms the ambitions of the Sang et Or, back on track after a disastrous start to the season.
Perpignan could therefore recreate part of the Crusaders’ back line if they remained at the end of the season, which was a condition for Reece’s arrival when his transfer was announced in December.
In a video published on Usap’s social networks, Ennor indicates that he wants to “follow in the footsteps of (his) idols”, New Zealand legend Dan Carter, who played for Perpignan in 2008-2009, and Scott Robertson, All Blacks third row and Perpignan player from 2003 to 2006, both after playing for Canterbury and the Crusaders in New Zealand.
The Catalans are in 13th place in the Top 14, and seem to have removed the specter of direct relegation by knocking out Montauban on the last day.
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