Fa'amanu Brown

Fa'amanu Brown
Brown playing for Newtown Jets in 2016.
Personal information
Born (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994
Christchurch, New Zealand
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Hooker, Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–17 Cronulla Sharks 25 3 0 0 12
2018– Canterbury Bulldogs 9 1 0 0 4
Total 34 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Samoa 5 0 3 0 6
As of 4 March 2018
Source: [1]

Fa'amanu "Nu" Brown (born 24 December 1994) is a Samoan international rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. He plays at five-eighth, halfback, and hooker.

Background

Of Samoan descent, Brown was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and played his junior football for the Hornby Panthers before moving to Australia and playing for De La Salle Caringbah. In 2012, Brown was signed by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, and started out in their S. G. Ball Cup team. Brown then played for the Sharks' NYC team from 2012 to 2014.[2] Brown has captained the Sharks' NYC team.[3]

Playing career

2014

On 14 February 2014, Brown was selected in the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks inaugural 2014 NRL Auckland Nines squad.[4] Brown was selected to play for Samoa against Fiji in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International test, but withdrew due to injury.[5] On 5 June 2014, Brown re-signed with the Sharks on a 3-year contract, two days before his NRL debut.[6] In Round 13 of the 2014 NRL season, Brown made his debut for the Sharks against the St. George Illawarra Dragons playing at five-eighth in the Sharks 30-0 loss at WIN Stadium.[7] In Round 21 against the Parramatta Eels at Remondis Stadium, Brown scored his first NRL career try in the Sharks 32-12 loss.[8] Brown finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 11 matches and scoring a try for the Sharks in the 2014 NRL season. On 9 September 2014, Brown was selected for the New Zealand, and Samoa 2014 Four Nations train-on squads,[9][10] but didn't make the final 24 man squads for both teams.

2015

On 31 January and 1 February, Brown played for the Sharks in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.[11] In their Auckland Nines Semi-Final match against the Sydney Roosters, Brown suffered a season ending Anterior cruciate ligament injury, resulting in him not playing in any matches for the Sharks in the 2015 NRL season.[12][13]

2016

On 7 May, Brown made his international debut for Samoa against Tonga in the 2016 Polynesian Cup, where he played at five-eighth and kicked 3 goals in a man-of-the-match performance.[14] Brown spent most of the season with foundation club and feeder side to Cronulla, The Newtown Jets, where he was part of the side that made it to the preliminary final before losing to eventual premiers Illawarra.[15]

2017

On 17 May 2017, Fa'amanu Brown signed a two year deal with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. After waiting almost a year for a chance to be recalled to the side, Brown finally made his NRL return in Cronulla's clash with the Bulldogs in round 12, with the regular half, James Maloney, unavailable due to State of Origin duties. Brown played in the Sharks to a 9-8 win over his future club..On 21 July 2017, Brown scored his first try of the season for Cronulla against Souths in a 26-12 victory.[16] He made his NRL return the next week against the Canberra Raiders. On 28 July 2017, Brown started for Cronulla against the New Zealand Warriors in New Zealand and scored a try, but was later taken from the field after suffering a head collision.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Fa'amanu Brown - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Fa'amanu Brown player results, scores, news and statistics". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ↑ "NRL. Sharks | Monstasport.com". monstasport.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  4. ↑ "Squads For Auckland Nines". Rugby League Week. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Toa Samoa Team Announced". Rugby League Week. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  6. ↑ "Brown signs on through 2017 - Sharks". sharks.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  7. ↑ "Late Mail - Sharks v Dragons - Sharks". sharks.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  8. ↑ "Jarryd Hayne Stars Again as Parramatta Eels Roll Cronulla Sharks 32-12 to Claim a Place in the Eight". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  9. ↑ "Six players added to Kiwis squad | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  10. ↑ "Samoa train on squad announced | NRL". Zero Tackle. 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  11. ↑ "Sharks Name 2015 Nines Squad". Rugby League Week. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Auckland Nines 2015 : Highs Lows and Big Blows; Freaks Beasts Treats and Misery". Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  13. ↑ Haigh, Paul (2015-02-03). "Fa'amanu Brown injures knee in Auckland Nines finals | St George & Sutherland Shire Leader". Theleader.com.au. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  14. ↑ "Samoa too good for Tonga in fiery Pacific Test clash at Pirtek Stadium". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-08.
  15. ↑ "Late surge by the Cutters denies the Jets a place in the Grand Final". 20 September 2016.
  16. ↑ Parkinson, Andrew. "NRL 2017: Cronulla Sharks cruise past South Sydney Rabbitohs" – via The Sydney Morning Herald.
  17. ↑ "Warriors v Sharks: NRL Round 21 score, Fa'amanu Brown injury, Bodene Thompson injury". 28 July 2017.
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