Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Brownie
- Born
- Friday, 12th April, 1957
- Current Age
- 66 years and 352 days
- Place Of Birth
- Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother-in-law
- Fred Teasdell
- Father-in-law
- Bill Teasdell
Biography
Wagga hooker first drew rave reviews from Penrith captain, English international Mick Stephenson, after Riverina thrashed the Panthers in an Amco Cup match in 1978. The Country Player of the Year that year, Brown was a clever ball-player, a consistent ball-winner and elusive in the open. Wests won the race for his services in 1979 and Brown was a non-playing reserve against Great Britain in the 1979 Ashes series in his first season in Sydney. Ironically, his representative career took off when he signed with Manly - a club that had Australian captain Max Krilich ensconced in the hooker role – in 1980. After playing lock and second-row, he was a replacement hooker in the club's 1982 grand final loss to P’matta before touring under Krilich's captaincy with the 1982 Kangaroos. Brown played in the inaugural Test against Papua-New Guinea and was a reserve in three Tests against Great Britain and France. In 1983 he played in his only State of Origin match and was again a replacement in the Brisbane Test against NZ. He assumed the Manly hooker role with Krilich's retirement later in the season and gave the final pass for Phil Sigsworth to score Manly's only try in the grand final loss to P’matta. After a battle with injury, Brown left the club at the end of 1986 and was captain-coach of Central Coast premiers Woy Woy in 1987.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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City vs Country Firsts | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL | 115 | 9 | - | - | 29 | 66 | 46 | 3 | 57.39% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NRL Finals | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Test Series | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Australia | 1982-83 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85.71% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Country Seconds | 1977 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Country Firsts | 1978, 1983-84 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW Firsts | 1979 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NSW | 1983 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% | List | |||
Overall | 1977-1984 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1979 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1980 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1981 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1982 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRFL 1983 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.92% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1984 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 52.94% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1985 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 52.94% | List | |||
Manly | NSWRL 1986 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Western Suburbs | 1979 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 60.87% | List | |||
Manly | 1980-86 | 92 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 56.52% | List | |||
Overall | 1979-1986 | 115 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 66 | 46 | 3 | 57.39% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo, Bill Bates
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11/10/2021
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