John Brake

For the New Zealand rugby union player, see John Brake (New Zealand rugby player).

John Brake

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Personal information
Full name	John Brake
Date of birth	(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988
Place of birth	London, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	14 st 0 lb (89 kg)
School	Millfield
Club information
Position	Scrum-half
Current club	Unattached
Youth clubs
Years Club 2006–2007 Northampton Saints Academy
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007–2008 England under-16 England under-18 England under-20
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2007–2010 2008 2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 Northampton Saints Cambridge (loan) Rugby Lions (loan) Birmingham and Solihull (loan) Birmingham and Solihull 8(5) 5(0) 1(0) 5(5) 9(5)
Sevens National teams
2007– England
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

John Brake (born 22 April 1988 in London, England) is a professional rugby union player for England Sevens in the IRB Sevens World Series. Brake's position of choice in the 15-a-side code is Scrum-half.

Club career

After joining the academy side at Northampton Saints in 2006, Brake went on to make his National League debut for the senior side against Bedford Blues in the RFU Championship (then known as National Division One) during the 2007–2008 campaign. He went on to make a further seven appearances throughout the season and scored a try against Launceston RUFC. At the end of his debut senior season Northampton achieved promotion back to the Guinness Premiership.

During the 2008–2009 season Brake made just one 1st team appearance for Northampton in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Bristol. He did however play on loan at Cambridge in National League 1 (then known as National Division Two) and also made a loan appearance for Rugby Lions.

After appearing off the bench for the 1st team in an LV Cup fixture against the Ospreys, Brake moved on loan to Birmingham and Solihull for the remainder of the 2009–2010 season and made 5 appearances in the Championship.

In August 2010 Brake was released by Northampton Saints and joined Birmingham and Solihull. He left the Bees at the end of the 2010–2011 season to pursue a central contract with the England Sevens side.

International career

Brake represented England as a schoolboy at Millfield at under-16 and under-18 levels. After leaving and joining Northampton he progressed to the under-20 side and made his debut for the national sevens team in San Diego in 2007. Since then he has featured fairly regularly for the sevens side and had played in 16 IRB Sevens tournaments by the end of the 2010–2011 season at which point he accepted a central contract with the team.

Brake was named captain of England Sevens for the 2012 European Sevens Grand Prix.

External links

• Northampton profile
• England profile