Iwan Brown

Iwan Brown
Personal information
Full name	Iwan Brown
Born	3 March 1986 (age 38); Wrexham, Wales
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Representative
	As of 5 July 2012

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Iwan Brown (born 3 March 1986) is a Welsh rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Wales Crusaders. His usual positions is a Second-row. He has represented Wales and Great Britain Students at Rugby League. He was in the Lions side that made history by being the first side to seal a Test and Academic Ashes Series win on Australian soil. He is also one of the unique few non-English (even non-Northern English) player to be picked for a BARLA representative side, playing for the Great Britain BARLA under 21s in 2007.^[2]^[3] Brown was called up to the Wales Rugby League squad for their game against France in June 2011 and made his début in that game.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
↑ "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
↑ "Daily Post: Latest North Wales news, sport, what's on and business". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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[1] "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[2] "Official Crusaders RL web site". Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[3] "Daily Post: Latest North Wales news, sport, what's on and business". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

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