Tom Brown (rugby union, born 1990)

Tom Brown
Birth name	Thomas Gordon Brown
Date of birth	31 March 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	88.5 kg (195 lb)
School	Law Primary School ; Edinburgh Academy
University	Edinburgh University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career
Years	Team
2010–19	Edinburgh
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2019-	Boroughmuir Bears
International career
Years	Team
2008–09; 2012	Scotland U20 ; Scotland
	Correct as of 29 March 2018
National sevens team(s)
Years	Team
2016–	Scotland 7's

Last updated October 02, 2023

Tom Brown (born 31 March 1990) is a Scotland and Scotland 7's international rugby union player.^[1]^[2]

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played rugby union for his school, Edinburgh Academy; and went on a rugby-playing tour to South Africa with the school team.^[3]

Professional career

He played for Edinburgh District at age-grade.^[3]

Brown made his Edinburgh Rugby debut against Leinster at Murrayfield in September 2010, and impressed sufficiently throughout the rest of the campaign, he offered a one-year contract for the 2010–11 season at Edinburgh Rugby.^[1]

After regular and solid displays for Edinburgh, Brown was rewarded with a two-year contract extension in April 2014.^[4]

In a covid-19 hit season 2020-21 he was with the Glasgow Warriors squad. He did not manage a first team competitive game for the Warriors - but played for their 'A' side at Full-back against Edinburgh 'A' on 4 February 2021. At the end of the season, Brown was thanked in a 'leavers video' by the club for his support to the squad over the season.^[5]

International career

Brown was capped by Scotland U20 at the IRB Junior World Championship in the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan and the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina.

Brown made the cut for Scotland's 2012 summer tour the Australia and Pacific Islands, during which he made his debut for Scotland off the bench in the historic victory against Australia.^[4]^[6]

He has been capped by Scotland 7's in the World Rugby Sevens Series.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 "Two debutants in Scotland 7s squad". Scrum Magazine. 22 May 2019.
↑ "Thomas Gordon Brown". ESPN scrum.
1 2 "Scottish Rugby Player, Tom Brown, returns to New Field". www.edinburghacademy.org.uk.
1 2 "Edinburgh Rugby (Tom Brown) | Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013.
↑ "2020/21 Leavers" – via www.youtube.com.
↑ "Australia v Scotland". ESPN scrum.

External links

http://www.scotlandrugbyteam.org/content/view/2465/210/

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[Edinburgh_Rugby-1] 1 2 3 "Two debutants in Scotland 7s squad". Scrum Magazine. 22 May 2019.

[2] "Thomas Gordon Brown". ESPN scrum.

[auto-3] 1 2 "Scottish Rugby Player, Tom Brown, returns to New Field". www.edinburghacademy.org.uk.

[edinburghrugby.org-4] 1 2 "Edinburgh Rugby (Tom Brown) | Edinburgh Rugby". www.edinburghrugby.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013.

[5] "2020/21 Leavers" – via www.youtube.com.

[6] "Australia v Scotland". ESPN scrum.

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