Fa'amanu Brown

Fa'amanu "Nu" Brown (born 24 December 1994) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks of the National Rugby League. Brown primarily plays halfback, five-eighth and hooker and centre.

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 Junior Rugby League Football Club|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]

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2014-

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 1 try (4p) for the Cronulla-Sutherland 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 later didn't make the final 24 man squads for both teams.

References

External links

• 2014 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks profile