Jed Brown

Jed Brown

Date of birth	(1991-03-12) 12 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb)
School	Burnside High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Current team Kintetsu Liners Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2017 Canterbury 34 (5) 2018 Tasman 9 (0) 2020– Kintetsu Liners 3 (0) Correct as of 22 February 2021 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2017 Crusaders 5 (10) 2019 Blues 3 (0) Correct as of 22 February 2021

Jed Brown (born 12 March 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently^[when?] plays as a flanker for Blues in Super Rugby.[1]

Early career

Born and raised in Christchurch, Brown attended and played first XV rugby for Burnside High School in the city's western suburbs. After graduation, he played club rugby for Burnside whilst being a member of the Canterbury Academy and representing the province at Colts level.[2][3]

Senior career

Although not named in Canterbury's official squad for the 2012 ITM Cup, Brown managed to make three appearances as a replacement as the men from Christchurch won that year's Premiership title. He was subsequently promoted to the full squad for 2013 and played seven times as the Cantabrians retained the Premiership title with a 29-13 victory over Wellington in the final. Injuries hindered him through 2014 and 2015 and he only made 8 appearances across the two seasons, winning his third Premiership crown in 2015 while in 2016 he played a career high 10 games as Canterbury won the Premiership title for the eighth time in nine years.[4]

Super Rugby

Brown was named in the Crusaders wider training group for the first time in 2014[5] and remained there in 2015, but owing to the depth of loose forwards available to the Crusaders, he was unable to play. He was promoted to the senior Crusaders squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season, but an injury sustained during the 2015 ITM Cup meant that he had to sit out the season. Despite this, the new Crusaders' head coach, Scott Robertson, retained Brown in the squad for 2017.[3][6]

Career Honours

Canterbury

• National Provincial Championship - 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016

References

1. "JED BROWN New Zealand". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
2. "Jed Brown Canterbury Player Profile". Canterbury Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
3. "Jed Brown Crusaders Player Profile". Crusaders Rugby. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
4. "Jed Brown Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
5. "Crusaders name 2014 Super Rugby Squad". Super XV. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
6. "Crusaders 2017 Squad Guide" (PDF). All Blacks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2017.