Jon Brennan

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Jon Brennan
Birth nameJon Brennan
Date of birth (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Jersey
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (280 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Jersey Reds
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003–2015 Jersey Reds 200 ()

Jon Brennan (born 19 May 1981) was a Jersey rugby player who played at prop for Jersey Reds for 12 seasons, with 200 appearances. [1] [2] As of 2013, he was the club's longest-serving player, playing in his tenth season, while also teaching at De La Salle College. [3] [4]

Brennan first joined the Jersey Reds in 2003, [1] when they were playing in the London Division 3 South West. [5] Over an eight-year period, the club was promoted five times. [3] He was named man of the match in the 2011 play-off against Loughborough Students, when Jersey secured promotion to National League 1. [1]

In May 2013, Brennan was named to the RFU Championship Dream XV as tight-head prop, recognised as "the cornerstone of an impressive forward effort" during the season. [6] He was described as "An old-fashioned out-and-out scrummager who takes no prisoners in the set piece." [6]

During the 2013/14 season, the club's first as a full-time professional side, Brennan was one of the few Jersey-born players, along with hooker David Felton, winger Ed Dawson, and back-rower James Voss. [7]

Brennan ended his first team rugby career at the end of the 2014/15 season. [8] [9] [10] In 2015, he returned to play his final first-team match against Guernsey RFC in the Siam Cup, which Jersey won for the seventh consecutive year. [11] [10] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jersey promoted to National One". 28 May 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2019– via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "We want to win silverware". Jersey Evening Post . 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Kessel, Anna (28 March 2013). "Jersey's pint-fuelled preparations are in past as they face Newcastle". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jersey prop Jon Brennan says they have the quality to stay up". BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jersey's Paul Rodgers and Jon Brennan out for season". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Blues Bassett named in Dream XV". Times & Citizen. May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023– via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ "Jersey RFC 'still need homegrown talent'". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Legend Brennan ready for Siam Cup farewell". ITV. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Jersey Reds aim to have more locally born players in Championship side". BBC Sport. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Business as usual in the Siam Cup as Jersey record seventh win in a row". Jersey Evening Post . 5 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Rugby: Islanders' pride at stake in Siam clash". Jersey Evening Post . 1 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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