Henry Brandon Brown (born 16 November 1994) is a South African rugby union player for the Southern Kings in the Pro14.[1] His regular position is flanker and he can also play as a lock.
His first taste of rugby played at a nationwide level was for the Eastern Province U21 team during the 2015 Under-21 Provincial Championship. He made eight starts and three appearances as a replacement for the team playing in their first season in Group A of the competition, having won promotion from Group B in 2014. The team struggled in their first season at a higher level, winning just one match and finishing bottom of the log.[3]
In 2016, Brown represented the NMMU Madibaz in the Varsity Cup competition. He played in all seven of their matches during the competition – starting six of those – and scored tries in matches against NWU Pukke[4] and against the UCT Ikey Tigers[5] in their only victory of the season as the team finished second-last in the competition.[6]
He was named in their squad for the 2016 Currie Cup Premier Division[8] and made his first appearance at this level, appearing as a replacement in their 10–28 defeat to the Boland Cavaliers in their opening match of the season.[9] After another appearance off the bench against Western Province,[10] he made his first start against Griquas four days later.[11] He featured in all their remaining matches in the competition in a poor season for the team that saw the side finish bottom, losing all their matches.[12] Brown scored his first senior try during the season, in their final round defeat to the Pumas.[13]
In addition to playing rugby union, Brown also played water polo in high school, earning an inclusion in an South Africa Under-19 team following a national competition held in Port Elizabeth.[14]
One of his team mates at Grey High School was fellow future provincial rugby union player Jeremy Ward.[15]