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English rugby league footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Brown (born 23 June 1989) is a professional rugby league footballer who last played as a stand-off or scrum-half for Hunslet in Betfred League 1.
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Born | 23 June 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 9 lb (93 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brown was a member of the Leeds Rhinos Academy and represented England at youth team level.[3]
Brown played for Doncaster on loan from the Leeds Rhinos in 2010.[citation needed]
Midway through the 2010 season he joined Sheffield. He spent two and a half seasons with the South Yorkshire club before leaving at the end of the 2012 season. In 2012 he won the Championship Grand Final against Featherstone Rovers.[4][5][6]
Brown joined the York City Knights ahead of the 2013 season.[7][6]
He spent only a single season at York before moving to Halifax for the 2014 season.[4][6]
During the 2014 season he spent time on loan at the Batley Bulldogs.[4]
At the conclusion of his contract at ’Fax he moved to the Hunslet Hawks. He spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons at Hunslet.[7][4]
Brown returned to the Sheffield Eagles for the 2017 season.[7][4] During this period the Eagles were forced to play in Wakefield at their Belle Vue ground.
He left the club during a period of financial uncertainty ahead of the 2018 season.[4] Brown came out of retirement to play for the Eagles during their 2018 Championship campaign.[8]
On 4 Dec 2019 it was announced that Brown had joined Hunslet RLFC on a permanent 1-year deal after the earlier loan period from Dewsbury Rams.[9]
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