Jon Brennan

Jon Brennan (born 19 May 1981) was a Jersey rugby player who played at prop for Jersey Reds for 12 seasons, with 200 appearances.[1][2] As of 2013, he was the club's longest-serving player, playing in his tenth season, while also teaching at De La Salle College.[3][4]

Jon Brennan
Birth nameJon Brennan
Date of birth (1981-05-19) 19 May 1981
Place of birthJersey
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight127 kg (280 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Jersey Reds
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2015 Jersey Reds 200 ()

Brennan first joined the Jersey Reds in 2003,[1] when they were playing in the London Division 3 South West.[5] Over an eight-year period, the club was promoted five times.[3] He was named man of the match in the 2011 play-off against Loughborough Students, when Jersey secured promotion to National League 1.[1]

In May 2013, Brennan was named to the RFU Championship Dream XV as tight-head prop, recognised as "the cornerstone of an impressive forward effort" during the season.[6] He was described as "An old-fashioned out-and-out scrummager who takes no prisoners in the set piece."[6]

During the 2013/14 season, the club's first as a full-time professional side, Brennan was one of the few Jersey-born players, along with hooker David Felton, winger Ed Dawson, and back-rower James Voss.[7]

Brennan ended his first team rugby career at the end of the 2014/15 season.[8][9][10] In 2015, he returned to play his final first-team match against Guernsey RFC in the Siam Cup, which Jersey won for the seventh consecutive year.[11][10][8]

References
  1. "Jersey promoted to National One". 28 May 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2019 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "We want to win silverware". Jersey Evening Post. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. Kessel, Anna (28 March 2013). "Jersey's pint-fuelled preparations are in past as they face Newcastle". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. "Jersey prop Jon Brennan says they have the quality to stay up". BBC Sport. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. "Jersey's Paul Rodgers and Jon Brennan out for season". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. "Blues Bassett named in Dream XV". Times & Citizen. May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via ProQuest.
  7. "Jersey RFC 'still need homegrown talent'". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  8. "Legend Brennan ready for Siam Cup farewell". ITV. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. "Jersey Reds aim to have more locally born players in Championship side". BBC Sport. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  10. "Business as usual in the Siam Cup as Jersey record seventh win in a row". Jersey Evening Post. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  11. "Rugby: Islanders' pride at stake in Siam clash". Jersey Evening Post. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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