Rob Brouwer (born December 10, 1982) is a Canadian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who currently plays for the

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(MLR).

Early life

Brouwer was born in

Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay is a community of 22 367 people (2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census) on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes (Ontario), Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough, Ontario, Peterboro ...

, Canada and spent much of his early years working on the family farm and didn't start playing rugby until Grade 12 in high school. The position that Brouwer plays is

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Rugby career

Brouwer made his national team debut for on February 20, 2016, as a substitute in a 52–25 win over . On November 6, 2018, he signed with the

for the 2019

season after previously playing for the Arrows in their exhibition season in 2018.

References

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