In Round One of the 2021 Group One U14 competition tomorrow, Grant Brown is set to start at five eight for the Clarence Coast Magpies against the Ballina Seagulls.
The electric Titans linked Clarence Coast Magpies junior rugby league centre or fullback (and occasional five eight in 2020) had an outstanding start to the 2020 Group One U13 season and turned that start into a heck of a 2020 season overall with consistently high standard performances each and every round of the 2020 Group One U13 season.
As a result of his outstanding 2020 season in the Group One U13 competition, the McLean High School student was selected to be part of the Titans Elite Academy Squad and has been training under the watchful eye of former Titans NRL player Kane Elgey.
In Round One of the Group One U13 2020 season Grant Brown started at right centre and scored a hat trick as the Magpies defeated the South Grafton Rebels 46 – 16 to get their 2020 season off to an outstanding start.
Grant Brown then backed up to start on the bench for the Group One U14 Round One fixture and made it four tries on the day for the Clarence Coast Magpies as they defeated the Rebels 26 – 16 in that age group. Grant Brown was also on the bench for the Round Three Group One U14 fixture against the Ballina Seagulls that immediately followed the U13 match.
Grant Brown moved to fullback for Clarence Coast’s Round Three Group One U13 match against the Ballina Seagulls, scoring one try and kicking a conversion as the Magpies went down 32 – 22 to the Seagulls.
Grant Brown was back in the centres in Round Four against the Grafton Ghosts and kicked two conversions. Grant Brown then started from the bench for the Magpies U14 side also against Grafton in the following match of the day.
Round Five saw Grant Brown once again start in the centres and score a try and kick three goals for a ten point individual haul as Clarence Coast defeated Ballina 34 – 22. Grant Brown kicked a further five goals in Round Six as the Magpies defeated Casino RSM 30 – 22.
Grant Brown moved back to fullback for Round Seven against Kyogle and made the most of the switch scoring a double and kicking three conversions.
Grant Brown moved positions once again in Round Nine, moving to five eight for the Magpies as they went down 30 – 22 to the Kyogle Turkeys, but Grant Brown scored sixteen of the Magpies points (72.73%) from a hat trick and two goals.
In total in the 2020 Group One U13 season Grant Brown scored seventy six points from seven matches, including scoring twelve tries (171% strike rate) and kicked fourteen goals, to average just on eleven points per game.