Finlay Brown

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Finlay Brown
Birth nameFinlay Brown
Place of birth Scotland
Occupation(s)Rugby union referee
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
YearsCompetitionApps
2017-19-
2019-
Scottish Premiership
Super 6

Finlay Brown is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union. [1]

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Rugby union career

Referee career

Professional career

He has refereed in the Scottish Premiership. [2] Brown won referee of the season for the year 2017–18. [3]

Brown has refereed in the English National League 1. [4]

He has been an assistant referee for European Challenge Cup matches. [5] [6] [7] He has been an assistant referee for European Champions Cup matches. [8] [9]

Brown has been an assistant referee in the Pro14. [10] [11] [12]

Brown refereed in the second round match of the Super 6 where Ayrshire Bulls played Boroughmuir Bears. [13]

International career

Brown refereed the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy Czech Republic v Moldova match on 21 April 2018. [14]

Brown has refereed in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series for the Sevens. He refereed the Germany v Portugal sevens match. [15]

He was assistant referee in the U20 Six Nations match between Italy and France. [16]

Personal life

Brown attended Newcastle University between 2011 and 2014, achieving a BSc (Hons) in Geography. His extra-curricular activities included refereeing intra-mura l rugby union, and being unable to hold his beer.

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References

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  2. Lorimer, Alan (March 2, 2019). "Hawick v Heriot's: pack power secures home play-off for visitors". The Offside Line.
  3. Scrum, The (June 2, 2018). "Club Awards night honours those who make the grassroots game tick".
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  12. "GUINNESS PRO14 Preview: Connacht v Zebre". Irish Rugby.
  13. "FOSROC Super6: Round 2". Scottish Rugby Union.
  14. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2019-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "2019 - Men7s - Grand Prix Series - M15 GERMANY Vs. PORTUGAL". Rugby Europe. February 1, 2019.
  16. "News, Scores, Results, Features".