Finlay Brown (rugby union)

Finlay Brown is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]

Finlay Brown
Birth nameFinlay Brown
Place of birthScotland
Occupation(s)Rugby union referee
Rugby union career
Refereeing career
Years Competition Apps
2017-19- Scottish Premiership
2019- Super 6

Rugby union career

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Referee career

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Professional career

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He has refereed in the Scottish Premiership.[2] Brown won referee of the season for the year 2017–18.[3]

Brown has refereed in the English National League 1.[4]

He has been an assistant referee for European Challenge Cup matches.[5][6][7] He has been an assistant referee for European Champions Cup matches.[8][9]

Brown has been an assistant referee in the Pro14.[10][11][12]

Brown refereed in the second round match of the Super 6 where Ayrshire Bulls played Boroughmuir Bears.[13]

International career

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Brown refereed the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy Czech Republic v Moldova match on 21 April 2018.[14]

Brown has refereed in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series for the Sevens. He refereed the Germany v Portugal sevens match.[15]

He was assistant referee in the U20 Six Nations match between Italy and France.[16]

Personal life

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Brown attended Newcastle University between 2011 and 2014, achieving a BSc (Hons) in Geography. His extra-curricular activities included refereeing intra-mural rugby union, and being unable to hold his beer.

References

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  1. ^ "Finlay Brown (@Finlaybrown2) | Twitter". twitter.com.
  2. ^ Lorimer, Alan (March 2, 2019). "Hawick v Heriot's: pack power secures home play-off for visitors". The Offside Line.
  3. ^ Scrum, The (June 2, 2018). "Club Awards night honours those who make the grassroots game tick".
  4. ^ Wilkinson, John; Smith, Paul (January 29, 2017). "Will Maisey boots Coventry RFC to come-from-behind Esher win". coventrytelegraph.
  5. ^ "News, Scores, Results, Features". 11 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Challenge Cup teams: Friday • All Out Rugby". All Out Rugby. December 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Referees: Champions Cup - England | Rugby365". rugby365.com.
  8. ^ "Marching On - Hoddle's Hunch Benetton v Saints Heineken". Sportnetwork.net.
  9. ^ "Referees announced for second week of exhilarating European rugby action". Premiership Rugby.
  10. ^ Websites - 3bit.co.uk, We Build. "Dragon News : Guinness PRO14 - Round 1 Preview". www.dragonsrugby.wales.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Benetton Rugby team to face Ospreys". Guinness PRO14. September 21, 2018.
  12. ^ "GUINNESS PRO14 Preview: Connacht v Zebre". Irish Rugby.
  13. ^ "FOSROC Super6: Round 2". Scottish Rugby Union.
  14. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2019-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "2019 - Men7s - Grand Prix Series - M15 GERMANY Vs. PORTUGAL". Rugby Europe. February 1, 2019.
  16. ^ "News, Scores, Results, Features". 7 March 2017.