Mitch Brown (rugby league)

Mitch Brown

Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Ronald Edwin Brown
Nickname	Browny
Born	November 7, 1987 (1987-11-07) (age 24) Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position	Full-Back / Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006–2009	Cronulla Sharks	41	8	0	0	32
2010–	Wests Tigers	41	8	1	0	34
	Total	82	16	1	0	66
As of 18 September 2011
Source: League Central RLP

Mitchell Ronald Edwin Brown (born November 7, 1987 in Sutherland, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is fullback or wing.

Biography

Early career

Brown began playing junior rugby league for his local club side the Gymea Gorillas as a young child. He went to school at Endeavour Sports High in the Sutherland Shire working his way up through the age groups and representing the school at fullback in their back to back Arrive Alive Cup tournament wins.

While attending Endeavour Sports High School, Brown played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2005.^[1]

2006

At the beginning of the 2006 season, many pundits had earmarked Brown as potentially playing a major part in the Sharks new season campaign but for the majority of the season Brown had to settle for playing in the lower grades again for the Cronulla side after being behind David Simmons in the order for the fullback spot and both Darren Albert and Luke Covell on the wings.

His chance didn't come until late in the season with the dropping of Darren Albert allowing Brown to make his debut on the wing for the Sharks.

2007-2009

2007 was a successful season for Brown playing in 14 of the 24 first games for the Sharks. An injury to fullback Brett Kearney early in the season gave Brown the opportunity at his preferred position (fullback). In 2008, Brown had limited opportunities as Brett Kearney played the majority of the season.

During the 2009 season, Brown played the majority of his games at fullback, due to Brett Kearney's season ending injury towards the start of the season. As of July 17, Brown signed with the Wests Tigers for seasons 2010 and 2011.^[2]

2010

Brown was left out of the Wests Tigers side for the first games of the season, but injuries to players like Tim Moltzen^[3] saw him make 20 appearances throughout season, and he was chosen as fulllback for all three of the clubs semi-final matches.

References

1. ^ "SportingPulse Homepage for Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League". SportingPulse. http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2130-0-0-0&sID=26424. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
2. ^ "Tigers poach Sharks' Brown". ABC Grandstand. 2009-07-17. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/17/2629492.htm?site=sport&section=all. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
3. ^ Christian Nicolussi (24 March 2010). "Mitch Brown: I'm not scared of you, Jarryd Hayne". Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/mitch-brown-im-not-scared-of-you-jarryd-hayne/story-e6frfgbo-1225844483530. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 

External links

• Cronulla Sharks profile

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Name	Brown, Mitchell
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Date of birth	1987-11-07
Place of birth	Sutherland, New South Wales
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