Nathan Brew

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Nathan Brew
Personal information
Full name Nathan Brew
Date of birth April 21, 1982 (1982-04-21) (age 26)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Notable relative(s)    Aled Brew (brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing, centre
Clubs Caps (points)
2001–2003 Newport RFC 15 (10)
Provincial/State sides    
2003–2007
2007–		 N-G Dragons
Llanelli Scarlets		 75
10		 (73)
(5)
National team(s)    


2003-		 Wales U-19
Wales U-21
Wales

1

(5)
7's National teams  
Wales

Nathan Brew (born 21 April 1982 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh rugby union footballer currently playing for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League. Brew is capable of playing both in the centre and on the wing.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early life

Brew was born in Cardiff, but moved back to his mother's home town of Brynamman when he was six, around the time his brother Aled was born. Brew was brought up as a Welsh-speaker.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Newport RFC

Brew began his professional rugby career at Newport RFC, signing for the Black and Ambers when he was still only 19. He made his debut for the Rodney Parade club in a Celtic League match at home to Edinburgh on 1 September 2001. He had to wait nearly six months, however, to score his first try for the club, eventually crossing in a WRU Challenge Cup match against Bonymaen RFC. Brew was then hit by injury and did not play again for Newport for almost a year. He made his comeback on 8 February 2003 against Bedwas RFC, again in the WRU Challenge Cup, and followed this up by scoring a try in a Welsh Premier Division match against Cardiff RFC on 25 April.

[edit] Newport Gwent Dragons

Before the start of the 2003-04 season, regional rugby was introduced to Wales, and Brew made the move to the Newport Gwent Dragons regional side. He was selected for the Dragons' first match in the revamped Celtic League, an away match against the Llanelli Scarlets. Brew made 25 appearances in all competitions in the 2003-04 season, scoring three tries along the way. However, these three tries did not come until the last three games of the season, which was surprising considering Brew had started on the wing for all but three of his 25 games. The 2004-05 season was not much better, with Brew only making 17 appearances and scoring just two tries before an injury in March ruled him out for the rest of the season. Brew returned to the Dragons side just before Christmas 2005, and his form seemed to have improved; he scored four tries in the twelve appearances he made that season.

After being deployed mainly as a winger for the majority of his Dragons career, Brew moved into the centre for most of the 2006-07 season. It was from the centre that Brew scored all but one of his five tries that season, as well as landing one drop goal in an EDF Energy Cup match against the Northampton Saints. An ankle injury kept Brew out of the Dragons team for four months from December 2006 to March 2007.

[edit] Llanelli Scarlets

In February 2007, it was announced that Brew had signed a two-year contract with the Llanelli Scarlets for the 2007-08 season. The transfer came as a surprise to many Welsh rugby fans, due to Brew's tendency to pick up lengthy injuries.

[edit] International career

Brew has only ever made one appearance for the Welsh national team, making a try-scoring debut in an Autumn Test against Romania at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham. He was then omitted from the Wales squad until 2006, when he was selected for the tour to Argentina. However, he did not play in either of the two Tests.

Brew has also turned out several times for the Welsh national team at a number of different levels. He began his international career when he played for the Welsh Senior Schools side, before moving on to the Under-19 and Under-21 sides. Since then, Brew has been involved with the Welsh Sevens team.

[edit] Personal life

Aled Brew, the Welsh international winger currently playing for the Ospreys, is Nathan's brother. Aled was on loan at the Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2006-07 season and lined up alongside his brother on a number of occasions.

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