Nathan Eyres-Brown

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Nathan Eyres-Brown
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Birth nameNathan Eyres-Brown
Date of birth (1989-05-23) 23 May 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
School The Southport School, Somerset College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly Half
Current team Reds
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2012 Gold Coast Breakers 31 (396)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013 Farul Constanţa 12 (10)
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2018– Kansas City Blues 2 (0)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012 Queensland Reds 2 (0)
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2009 Australia Sevens

Nathan Eyres-Brown (born 23 May 1989) is an Australian rugby union footballer. His usual position is fullback or wing. He played for the Australian Sevens team in 2009, and played Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds in 2012. [1]

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In 2013, he played fly-half for Romanian Superliga side Farul Constanţa.

Early life and junior career

Born on Queensland's Gold Coast, Eyres-Brown started his career playing rugby league. [1] At age 15, he joined the Canterbury Bulldogs development squad alongside Esi Tonga and Chris Sandow.[ citation needed ]

In 2005, Eyres-Brown gained a scholarship at The Southport School (TSS), where he played flyhalf during his first season. [1] He made the Queensland Under-16 squad for rugby union in 2005 as a utility back, and played in the national competition at inside centre due to an injury to Matt To'omua. [1]

Eyres-Brown played in 1st XV team at Southport in 2006. He scored a 50-metre try to win the match against Brisbane State High School which ensured TSS were crowned GPS premiers. [1] After leaving school, Eyres-Brown played rugby league during 2007 and 2008 in the FOGS Colts Challenge for the Burleigh Bears. [2] [3]

Rugby career

In 2009, Eyres-Brown returned to playing rugby union at the Gold Coast Breakers club. He made his Premier Rugby debut against Norths on 25 April 2009, when he played as a winger and scored two tries. [4] From this success, Eyres-Brown was selected as a winger for Queensland Country before making the Australia Sevens squad in 2009. Eyres-Brown clocked a 100 metre time of 10.47 seconds at the Australian Institute of Sport during the Australian 7s camp. [1]

He sustained a shoulder injury playing with the Breakers in 2010 which cut his season short. [1] He returned via rugby league in 2011 with the Southport Tigers, [5] before rejoining the Breakers in 2012. [1] [6]

Eyres-Brown was recruited to the Queensland Reds during the 2012 Super Rugby season. [6] He was flown at short notice to South Africa to provide injury cover as a utility back for Mike Harris and Ben Lucas. On 24 March, for the Bulls match at Pretoria, he came off the bench in the second half to earn his Queensland and Super Rugby debut. [7] [8] Against the Western Force a week later, he came off the bench again, to relieve centre Ben Tapuai. [9]

Farul Constanţa

Eyres-Brown joined Romanian Superliga team Farul Constanţa for the 2013 SuperLiga season. On 13 July, he became the first ever Super Rugby player to play in the SuperLiga, starting against Timișoara in the Stadionul de Rugby Mihai Naca, Constanța. During the same game, Sosene Anesi coming off the bench for Timișoara to become the second Super Rugby player in the SuperLiga. Eyres-Brown played another 11 games for Farul Constanţa, playing as a centre, full-back, wing and fly-half. Farul Constanţa lost in the semi-final of the SuperLiga against CSA Steaua București, during which Eyres-Brown was sent off late in the game for a late hit.

The send off was the end for Farul Constanta as their marque and play maker left the field for the game. Eyres-Brown taunted the opposition crowd leaving the field. Eyres-Brown received a hefty suspension given his previous two warnings during the playoffs for bad sportsmanship. Farul Constanta management made an apology on behalf of Eyres-Brown and mentioned it is his competitiveness that brought out the bad sportsmanship. Eyres-Brown was suspended for 14 weeks for the incident.

Reference list

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Country provides a pathway to Queensland Reds". redsrugby.com.au (Press release). 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. "2007 Results Round 11". Wynnum Manly Seagulls. 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "League: FOGS Cup, June 1". The Courier-Mail. 1 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  4. Oberhardt, Mark (26 April 2009). "Souths beat Easts to win Caxton Cup". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  5. Braysher, Kevin (12 September 2011). "Grand Final Day 2011". Gold Coast Rugby League Inc. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Country continues to generate Queensland Reds talent" (Press release). QLD Reds. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  7. "Murphy earns starting opportunity against Bulls" (Press release). QLD Reds. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  8. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Vodacom Bulls 61–8 Reds". South African Rugby Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  9. "SA Rugby Match Centre – Force 45–19 Reds". South African Rugby Union. 31 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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