Birth name | Finlay Brown | ||||||||||
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Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Rugby union referee | ||||||||||
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Finlay Brown is a professional rugby union referee who represents the Scottish Rugby Union.[1]
He has refereed in the Scottish Premiership.[2] Brown won referee of the season for the year 2017–18.[3]
Brown has refereed in the English National League 1.[4]
He has been an assistant referee for European Challenge Cup matches.[5][6][7] He has been an assistant referee for European Champions Cup matches.[8][9]
Brown has been an assistant referee in the Pro14.[10][11][12]
Brown refereed in the second round match of the Super 6 where Ayrshire Bulls played Boroughmuir Bears.[13]
Brown refereed the 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy Czech Republic v Moldova match on 21 April 2018.[14]
Brown has refereed in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series for the Sevens. He refereed the Germany v Portugal sevens match.[15]
He was assistant referee in the U20 Six Nations match between Italy and France.[16]
Brown attended Newcastle University between 2011 and 2014, achieving a BSc (Hons) in Geography. His extra-curricular activities included refereeing intra-mural rugby union, and being unable to hold his beer.