Kelly Brown

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Kelly Brown
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Birth nameKelly David Robert Brown
Date of birth (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982 (age 41) [1]
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2]
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb) [2]
School Earlston High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Number 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Melrose RFC ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–07
2007–10
2010–17		 Border Reivers
Glasgow Warriors
Saracens 		71
82
163		 (47)
(20)
(95)
Correct as of 15 February 2015
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2017 Scotland 64 (20) [2]
Correct as of 15 June 2014
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2017–2020
2020–2021
2021–		 Saracens (Academy)
Glasgow Warriors (Asst.)
Saracens (Asst.)

Kelly Brown (born 8 June 1982) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player. He won 64 caps for the Scotland national team, and played club rugby for Glasgow Warriors, Border Reivers and Saracens as a flanker. He retired from playing in 2017 to become a coach with Saracens' academy. Brown moved to an Assistant Coach position at Glasgow Warriors in 2020 before returning to Saracens in 2021. [3]

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Early life

Brown was born on 8 June 1982 in Edinburgh, and grew up in Melrose in the Scottish Borders, attending Earlston High School . [4] [5]

Club career

Brown played professionally for Border Reivers [6] until the end of the 2006–07 season, when the club was disbanded. [7] After that he played for the Glasgow Warriors. [8] [9]

On 19 January 2010, it was confirmed that Brown had signed a deal with Rugby Premiership club Saracens. [10] He started as Saracens won their first Premiership title in 2011. [11] He retired in 2017. [12]

International career

Brown made his debut for the Scottish national side on 5 June 2005 in a match against Romania where he scored a try. Brown was in the Scotland squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, when he made five appearances (four as substitute), and scored a try in the pool match against Portugal. [2]

Brown was injured during the 2011 Six Nations campaign while playing for Scotland against England at Twickenham, where he had to be stretchered off after a long pause in play. [13] He returned from injury and was part of the Scotland squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, starting the opening 3 matches.

On 30 October 2012 it was announced that, after a lengthy injury that ruled him out of the 6 nations, Brown would return to captain Scotland for his 50th cap in the first Autumn test of 2012 against New Zealand, becoming the 32nd player to win 50 or more cpas. [14]

In all he played for Scotland on 64 occasions, with 14 as captain. [15]

Brown also played Scotland rugby sevens team, competing in the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong. scoring two tries as Scotland reached the last eight of the tournament.

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Brown took up a coaching role at Saracens' academy, [16] he left the role in August 2020 to become a senior team coach at former club Glasgow Warriors. [17] [18] He returned to Saracens in February 2021. [3]

Personal life

Brown married Emily. [19] They have two daughters, Amber and Aleenan.

Brown is a graduate of the McGuire Programme to treat stammering. [20]

Brown is briefly mentioned on Pottermore(now wizardingworld.com), in an excerpt written by J.K. Rowling for the website, alongside Stuart Hogg and Jim Hamilton suggesting that the players are squibs (wizards born without powers) masquerading as muggles (non magical people). [21]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kelly Brown". Scotland Rugby Team Website. Scottish Rugby Union. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 Hancock, Lewis (26 February 2021). "Kelly Brown returns!". Saracens. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "South promise a tough fight". The Herald . Glasgow. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Campbell, Lydia. "How two elite sportsmen learned to live with a stammer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Hadden brings in new faces The Telegraph, 10 January 2007
  7. ↑ Rugby-Border Reivers to be disbanded at end of season Reuters, 27 March 2007
  8. ↑ Brown signs for Glasgow Warriors BBC Sport, 16 May 2007
  9. ↑ "Fiche joueur Brown Kelly". Itsrugby.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
  10. ↑ "Saracens secure Glasgow flanker Kelly Brown". BBC Sport. 19 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Leicester 18-22 Saracens". BBC. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Aviva Premiership 2017/18: All of the ins and outs". englandrugby.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Six Nations: England 22-16 Scotland". BBC Sport. 13 March 2011.
  14. ↑ "Saracens' back-row Kelly Brown unveiled as Scotland captain". BBC News. 31 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "KELLY BROWN TO RETIRE FROM RUGBY". scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Kelly Brown". Saracens. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "Kelly Brown returns to Glasgow Warriors as contact area coach". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Brown departs after 10 years at Saracens". Saracens. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  19. ↑ "Scotland star has a ball in Melrose". Border Telegraph. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  20. ↑ Dirs, Ben (5 February 2014). "Scotland captain Kelly Brown tackling his stammer head on". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  21. ↑ Rowling, J.K. "Pottermore". Sony. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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