Nathan Brown

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 31st July, 1973
Current Age
50 years and 232 days

Known Family Links

Brother
Daniel Brown

Biography

Mobile hooker was graded from St George juniors in 1992 after coming from Northern Rivers club McLean Magpies. Brown ousted more-experienced rake Wayne Collins from first grade and played in St George's 14-6 grand final loss to Brisbane in 1993. Brown almost left the Dragons at the height of the Super League split in 1996 but returned to the club after sitting out the early part of the season. (Interestingly, Brown was named St George clubman of the year in 1995, 1996, and 1997). An important part of St George’s drive to the grand final that year, Brown was consistently one of the club’s busiest and most creative players in the late 1990s. In 1999 he was named co-captain (with Craig Smith) of the newly-merged St George I’warra club. The blond-haired hooker felt the pain of the shattering, last-minute loss to Melbourne in the 1999 grand final (the third of his career). In February 2001, the hard-working dummy-half runner injured his neck in a tackle in a trial match against the Bulldogs and was forced to retire when x-rays revealed that he had played his entire career with a serious genetic spinal defect. As Jersey Flegg coach with the Dragons in 2002, he took over from Andrew Farrar as first grade coach in 2003 with mixed results. In the early part of the 2003 season he attracted criticism when he ‘slapped’ the face of captain Trent Barrett on the sideline at Wollongong Stadium to motivate him and the following year watched his team unluckily bundled out of the semi-finals after losing to Penrith, 30-31. In the years since, with St George I’warra beaten in successive qualifying finals, Brown has weathered the criticism from fans, the media and pub critics and maturity and good humour.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 282 116 165 1 41.13% List
Anzac Cup 6 4 2 0 66.67% List
NRL Finals 7 3 4 0 42.86% List
Super League 176 104 70 2 59.09% List
Challenge Cup 17 11 6 0 64.71% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
St Geo Illa NRL 2003 24 11 13 0 45.83% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2004 25 14 11 0 56.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2005 26 17 9 0 65.38% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2006 27 16 11 0 59.26% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2007 24 9 15 0 37.50% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2008 25 13 12 0 52.00% List
Newcastle NRL 2016 24 1 22 1 4.17% List
Newcastle NRL 2017 24 5 19 0 20.83% List
Newcastle NRL 2018 24 9 15 0 37.50% List
Newcastle NRL 2019 22 9 13 0 40.91% List
Warriors NRL 2021 24 8 16 0 33.33% List
Warriors NRL 2022 13 4 9 0 30.77% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
St Geo Illa 2003-08 151 80 71 0 52.98% List
Newcastle 2016-19 94 24 69 1 25.53% List
Warriors 2021-22 37 12 25 0 32.43% List
Overall2003-2022 282 116 165 1 41.13% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 2009 34 22 12 0 64.71% List
Huddersfield 2010 33 19 13 1 57.58% List
Huddersfield 2011 32 18 14 0 56.25% List
Huddersfield 2012 32 17 15 0 53.13% List
St Helens 2013 30 16 13 1 53.33% List
St Helens 2014 32 23 9 0 71.88% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 2009-12 131 76 54 1 58.02% List
St Helens 2013-14 62 39 22 1 62.90% List
Overall2009-2014 193 115 76 2 59.59% List

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  • Anonymous
    24/04/2021

    Inspirational

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Paul Carter, Nick Jones

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995