Jon Brennan
| Birth name | Jon Brennan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 May 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 127 kg (280 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jon Brennan (born 19 May 1981) was a Jersey rugby player who played at prop for Jersey Reds for 12 seasons, with 200 appearances.[1][2] As of 2013, he was the club's longest-serving player, playing in his tenth season, while also teaching at De La Salle College.[3][4]
Brennan first joined the Jersey Reds in 2003,[1] when they were playing in the London Division 3 South West.[5] Over an eight-year period, the club was promoted five times.[3] He was named man of the match in the 2011 play-off against Loughborough Students, when Jersey secured promotion to National League 1.[1]
In May 2013, Brennan was named to the RFU Championship Dream XV as tight-head prop, recognised as "the cornerstone of an impressive forward effort" during the season.[6] He was described as "An old-fashioned out-and-out scrummager who takes no prisoners in the set piece."[6]
During the 2013/14 season, the club's first as a full-time professional side, Brennan was one of the few Jersey-born players, along with hooker David Felton, winger Ed Dawson, and back-rower James Voss.[7]
Brennan ended his first team rugby career at the end of the 2014/15 season.[8][9][10] In 2015, he returned to play his final first-team match against Guernsey RFC in the Siam Cup, which Jersey won for the seventh consecutive year.[11][10][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Jersey promoted to National One". 28 May 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "We want to win silverware". Jersey Evening Post. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ a b Kessel, Anna (28 March 2013). "Jersey's pint-fuelled preparations are in past as they face Newcastle". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Jersey prop Jon Brennan says they have the quality to stay up". BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Jersey's Paul Rodgers and Jon Brennan out for season". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Blues Bassett named in Dream XV". Times & Citizen. May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Jersey RFC 'still need homegrown talent'". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Legend Brennan ready for Siam Cup farewell". ITV. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Jersey Reds aim to have more locally born players in Championship side". BBC Sport. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Business as usual in the Siam Cup as Jersey record seventh win in a row". Jersey Evening Post. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Rugby: Islanders' pride at stake in Siam clash". Jersey Evening Post. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.