Nathan Brown

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Tuesday, 31st July, 1973
Current Age
50 years and 242 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

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 171 32 -   - 128 92 77 2 53.80% List
NRL Finals 12 2 -   - 8 7 5 0 58.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George NSWRL 1993 16 3 -   - 12 11 5 0 68.75% List
St George NSWRL 1994 22 5 -   - 20 9 13 0 40.91% List
St George ARL 1995 20 7 -   - 28 12 8 0 60.00% List
St George ARL 1996 21 3 -   - 12 12 8 1 57.14% List
St George ARL 1997 22 4 -   - 16 9 12 1 40.91% List
St George NRL 1998 19 1 -   - 4 11 8 0 57.89% List
St Geo Illa NRL 1999 25 4 -   - 16 16 9 0 64.00% List
St Geo Illa NRL 2000 26 5 -   - 20 12 14 0 46.15% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
St George 1993-98 120 23 -   - 92 64 54 2 53.33% List
St Geo Illa 1999-00 51 9 -   - 36 28 23 0 54.90% List
Overall1993-2000 171 32 0   0 128 92 77 2 53.80% 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