Kyle Brown (rugby union)

Kyle Brown

Personal information
Full name	Kyle Gie Brown
Born	(1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
School(s) attended	South African College Schools, Cape Town
Club information
Playing position	Flanker
Youth career
Years	Team
2006–07	Boland Cavaliers
2008	Western Province
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2008	UCT Ikey Tigers	7	(0)
Representative team(s)‡
Years	Team
2008–	S.A. Sevens	46	()
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 9 December 2014. † Appearances (Points). ‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 9 December 2014.

Kyle Gie Brown (born (1987-02-06)6 February 1987 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player, currently playing with the South African Sevens team.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He played some youth rugby for Wellington-based side Boland Cavaliers at Under-19 level in 2006 and at Under-21 level in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Cape Town to play in the inaugural Varsity Cup competition, making seven appearances as his side the UCT Ikey Tigers reached the final of the competition, where they were beaten 16–10 by fellow Western Cape university Maties. He was also included in the Western Province U21 side that played in the 2008 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

South African Sevens

Kyle Brown

Medal record
Representing South Africa
Men's Rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games
	2014 Glasgow	Team
World Games
	2009 Kaohsiung	Team
	2013 Cali	Team

At the end of 2008, Brown was included in the South African Sevens squad for the 2008–09 IRB Sevens World Series. He made his debut at the 2008 Dubai Sevens and played every leg of the series, as South Africa won the series for the first time at their tenth attempt. He also played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens competition, helping South Africa to the Quarter Finals, where they lost to Argentina. He also won a bronze medal with the side at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan).

He became a key member of the sevens side over the next few years, appearing in the majority of tournament in IRB Sevens World Series, although he did miss most of the 2012–13 IRB Sevens World Series through injury. He returned in time for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens, but the Blitzbokke once again lost in the Quarter Finals of the competition, this time to Fiji. However, they made some amends by winning gold medals at 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia shortly afterwards.

He played in seven further legs of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series and then captained the squad that played at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, helping his side all the way to the final, where they got a 17–12 victory over a New Zealand that won the previous four tournaments.