Lewis Brown (rugby league)

Lewis Brown

Personal information
Nickname	Browny, Sharky
Born	(1986-10-03) 3 October 1986 (age 30) Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Centre, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–12 New Zealand Warriors 84 19 0 0 76 2013–16 Penrith Panthers 66 9 0 0 36 2016– Manly Sea Eagles 39 2 0 0 8 Total 189 30 0 0 120 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2010 New Zealand Māori 1 0 0 0 0 2010–16 New Zealand 12 1 0 0 4
As of 6 August 2016 Source: Rugby League Project

Lewis Brown (born 3 October 1986 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Penrith Panthers. He primarily plays as a second-rower, but can also fill in at centre and hooker.

Brown who is of Maori Descent started his rugby league career playing for the Riccarton Knights in Christchurch and attending Papanui High School. He played junior representative football for Canterbury and was a New Zealand under-16 representative. He debuted for the Canterbury Bulls in the 2005 Bartercard Cup.

Brown is related to former New Zealand representative Brendon Tuuta.

Brown moved to Sydney, playing for Cronulla's feeder side Griffith. There he was spotted by scouts from the Sydney Roosters and they signed him for their Jersey Flegg Cup side.

He later moved to join Balmain-Ryde and the Wests Tigers, playing for their New South Wales Cup side. While he was a feature in the Premier League side he could not break into the first grade side due to the presence of Robbie Farah and John Morris.