The 15-year-old's father, Steven Peat, said Jayde had "rebelled" against his disorder, which affects the body's ability to control blood clotting, since an early age and had never let it stop him from living a normal life.
Making it into the New Zealand under-15 mixed touch team was just another example of this. Until two years ago, he also played rugby as well.
"When he was young, we were told he would never play any form of athletic sport," Mr Peat said.
The family had since been told by the Haemophilia Foundation of New Zealand that Jayde was the first person with the disorder to represent New Zealand in any form of rugby.
Jayde said his disorder did not affect the way he played, but did sometimes cause him pain, especially with muscular bleeding in his legs.
On game days, he took his daily injection twice instead of the usual once, to help him recover.
Jayde also played basketball and, if he had his way, he would have played rugby league this year as well - following in the footsteps of his hero, Shaun Johnson, who played touch before becoming a league star.
One of the things he liked best about touch was the "pace" at which it was played.
The person he wanted to thank most for making it in to the team was Damian Burdon, the coach of his Kaikorai Valley College team and the New Zealand team.
His next goal was to make the age-group New Zealand boys' team, which was "the next level up" from the mixed team.
Mr Peat said Jayde and the under-15 team would head to Sydney in October for a developmental tour and tournament.
To fundraise for the trip, an auction was held at Concord Inn.
A range of Otago rugby sports memorabilia went under the hammer, including a rugby ball signed by the mid-1990s Otago rugby team and its coach, the late Gordon Hunter, a jersey signed by Highlander and All Black Ben Smith and a ball signed by former Otago, Highlanders and All Blacks captain Taine Randell.
One in 10,000 people suffer from haemophilia, with one third of those classified as severe.
Having the disorder means everyday activities - let alone strenuous ones such as playing sports - can cause internal bleeding, leading to joint damage.
