Brazier (18), a member of the Otago Spirit, has had her national ambitions put on ice, first by a knee injury and then last Saturday by a broken collar bone.
In July, she was picked to trial in Auckland to gain selection for the New Zealand Sevens team.
An impressive performance at the trials had her right in the picture for the national side, but she was knocked out of contention when playing in the final trial game.
She was hit by a tackle from the side and tore the meniscus - a piece of cartilage which acts as a cushion - in her knee, putting her out of the next camp from which the national Sevens side to travel to Samoa for a qualifying tournament would be picked, she said.
Out of rugby for more than a month because of the knee injury, she missed the club final for her Alhambra-Union side, but managed to get fit enough to play for the Spirit.
Her first year out of school, Brazier had her eye on making the Black Ferns.
She had been told by Black Ferns coach Dale Atkins that if she kept working hard on her game she might be in contention for the two tests against Australia later in the year.
But those dreams came crashing down in a back field of QEII stadium in Christchurch last Saturday, with the Spirit playing Canterbury.
"I just got scragged in a tackle and was sort of pushed, shoulder first into the ground. I tried to get up but someone told me to stay there," she said.
"The physio came on and told me to come off. I suspected something was up but wanted to play on."
She heeded the words of the physio and went to the sideline, and was diagnosed with a broken left collar bone.
Her left arm is in a sling for six weeks, she cannot write (she is left handed) and any hopes of wearing the black jersey this year have been dashed.
"I'm pretty disappointed. Gutted really. I've been playing since I was 6 and never had any injuries until this year."
The first year Sports Institute student is now focused on getting fit enough for a national touch camp in October in Auckland.
She will be in the national side which plays in the World Youth Cup is to be played in Whangarei early next year.
The Spirit will miss her ability and versatility - she has played in every position in the backline except second five-eighth - as the side tries to bounce back from two straight losses, hoping for a win against Manawatu in Palmerston North this Saturday.
"I'll be there for the girls. Everyone is feeling all right and we know we can play better."
