Tony Brown (rugby union)
| Full name | Tony Eion Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 January 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Balclutha, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | South Otago High School, King's High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tony Eion Brown (born 17 January 1975) is a former New Zealand
Early life
Brown's early life was spent in the South Otago towns of Balclutha and Kaitangata. Alongside younger brother Cory, Brown played his junior rugby for Crescent RFC and completed his first five years of high school at South Otago High School before moving to Dunedin in 1993, aged 17, and attending King's High School.[1]
Club career
Brown made his debut for
With the launch of the
All Black
Brown was first picked for the
Brown's goal-kicking feats enabled him to score over 30 points in three separate internationals (against Italy in 1999, Samoa in 2000, and Tonga in 2001) – the only player to have achieved this. Despite this he was never a member of the regular starting line-up, the
Subsequent Playing career
Japan
He went on to play three seasons (2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08) for the
In the 2006–07 season he played in ten games and scored 145 points. In the
He also played in friendlies for the Classic All Blacks against Japan XVs on 9 and 12 May 2007 and intended to return to Sanyo for the 2008–09 season.
South Africa
In 2006 Brown also played
2008 injury
In October 2008, Brown suffered a freak injury while playing in Japan, which left him with a ruptured pancreas. He underwent successful life-saving surgery, which left his future rugby playing career in doubt.[3] However, he recovered and returned to playing for Sanyo.
2011 Return to the Highlanders
Brown was drafted into the squad as a reserve from the wider training squad for the match against the defending champions the
2020 Match Fit
In 2020, he joined Match Fit season 1 as reinforcements since the first contact rugby warmup match against Pukekohe Presidents, and subsequently the final game against Classic Barbarians. At the time, he and Leon MacDonald were the only current coaches in the squad in season 1.
References
- ^ "Rugby: Brown owes career to his nana". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Stats | allblacks.com".
- ^ "Rugby: Former All Black suffers freak injury in Japan". The New Zealand Herald. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2011.