Steve Brain (born ) is a retired

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 played hooker for

Coventry R.F.C. Coventry Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club based in Coventry, England. The club enjoyed great success during the 1960s and 70s, with many players representing their countries. Coventry's home ground is the Butts Park Arena, ...

and represented

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in over a dozen international matches, including three Five Nations, now the

Six Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

, between 1984 and 1986.

International Appearances (England)

*1984 v South Africa (Johannesburg) L 35-9 *1984 v Australia (R) (Twickenham) L 19-3 *1985 v Romania (Twickenham) W 22-15 *1985 v France (Twickenham) D 9-9 (FN) *1985 v Scotland (Twickenham) W 10-7 (FN) *1985 v Ireland (Dublin) L 13-10 (FN) *1985 v Wales (Cardiff) L 24-15 (FN) *1985 v New Zealand (Christchurch) L 18-13 *1985 v New Zealand (Wellington) L 42-15 *1986 v Wales (Twickenham) W 21-18 (FN) *1986 v Scotland (Murrayfield) L 33-6 (FN) *1986 v Ireland (Twickenham) W 25-20 (FN) *1986 v France (Paris) L 29-10 (FN) Career Record P13, W4, D1, L8 Test Points: 0 (R) = Replacement

Club Affiliations

Coventry RFC Coventry Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club based in Coventry, England. The club enjoyed great success during the 1960s and 70s, with many players representing their countries. Coventry's home ground is the Butts Park Arena, ...

Kenilworth RFC Kenilworth Rugby Club is an English rugby union team based in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The club runs three senior sides, a veterans team and a full set of mini and junior teams. The first XV currently plays in Regional 1 Midlands − a league a ...

Moseley RFC Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club is an English rugby union club, based in Birmingham, that compete in the third tier of English rugby. They were historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three ti ...

Mystic River Rugby Club The Mystic River Rugby Club, sometimes called Boston Mystic, is a New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) club, founded in 1974, located in Malden, Massachusetts and Melrose, Massachusetts, who field teams in Division 1 American Rugby Premiersh ...

(USA) *

Rugby Lions The Rugby Lions, nicknamed The Lions, is an English rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire. The club plays its home matches at Webb Ellis Road. Its developmental squad is known as the Crusaders. The club also has a ladies team known as ...

(England) * Solihull R.F.C.

External links

Coventry rugby fan site featuring BrainSteve Brain Stats at www.scrum.comThe Rugby Football Club - HistoryThe Mystic River Rugby Club - History
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brain, Steve 1954 births English rugby union players Living people Rugby union players from Coventry Rugby union hookers England international rugby union players Mystic River Rugby players