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Ex-England full back Mike Brown reckons the country could embrace the central contract model

Mike Brown suggests England embrace central contracts

Mike Brown supports the idea of central contracts for England players as a way to ease the burden on clubs operating in a bleak financial climate.

Rugby • 28 Mar 23

Mike Brown is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines

Blow for Harlequins as Mike Brown's season looks over

Mike Brown is unlikely to play again this season after Harlequins revealed he would be out for six to nine months because of knee surgery.

Rugby • 29 Nov 19

Ben Te'o is once more in hot water with Eddie Jones

Te'o and Brown dropped over England bonding session row

Former Leinster centre Ben Te'o and Mike Brown were excluded from the final week of an England training camp after being involved in an altercation during a team social event in Italy.

Rugby • 10 Aug 19

Eddie Jones keeps faith with Eliot Daly at number 15

Daly gets the nod at full-back as England name their XV

Elliot Daly has held off the challenge of Mike Brown at full-back for England's Guinness Six Nations clash with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

Rugby • 31 Jan 19

Mike Brown has been left out of the England squad to face South Africa

England drop Mike Brown for South Africa clash

England have dropped Mike Brown for the first time in the Eddie Jones era after he was omitted from a 25-man squad retained for Saturday's Test against South Africa.

Rugby • 30 Oct 18

Mike Brown has a confrontation after England's 2nd Test loss to South Africa in Bloemfontein

Mike Brown has no regrets at lashing out at England fan

Mike Brown has no remorse over his angry response to the England fan who verbally abused him after Saturday's defeat to South Africa in Bloemfontein.

Rugby • 20 Jun 18

Brown escapes citing for Murray incident

England full-back Mike Brown has escaped a citing for the incident that left Conor Murray requiring stitches to a wound in his head in Saturday's 21-10 RBS 6 Nations victory over Ireland.

Rugby • 29 Feb 16

Mike Brown: 'I don't think anyone was good enough in an England shirt to be piping up saying, 'this was wrong, that was wrong'.

Mike Brown: I can't trust England team-mates

Mike Brown has been so angered by leaked stories from England's dreadful World Cup campaign that he says he cannot trust any of his international team-mates.

Rugby • 10 Nov 15

Courtney Lawes and Mike Brown, seen here tackling Vincent Clerc of France in 2013, return for England

Lawes and Brown return for England confirmed

Head coach Stuart Lancaster has made two changes from the side beaten by Ireland for England RBS 6 Nations game against Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday (1700 GMT).

Six Nations • 11 Mar 15

Courtney Lawes has not played for England in 2015

Courtney Lawes and Mike Brown back for England

Courtney Lawes will make his England return in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland with Mike Brown also set to start after recovering from a concussion.

Six Nations • 10 Mar 15

Mike Brown got knocked out in the Six Nations clash with Italy

Mike Brown back in England contention

England full-back Mike Brown is expected to be available for the RBS 6 Nations showdown with Scotland as he enters the final stage of his recovery from concussion.

Six Nations • 04 Mar 15

Mike Brown suffered concussion against Italy

Mike Brown is ruled out for England v Ireland

England full-back Mike Brown has been ruled out of Sunday's Six Nations match against Ireland after suffering a setback in his recovery from concussion.

Six Nations • 25 Feb 15

Mike Brown suffered concussion in England's clash with Italy

Conor O'Shea hopes Mike Brown can face Ireland

Conor O'Shea has launched an impassioned defence of rugby's concussion treatment, admitting he hopes Mike Brown will be passed fit for England's clash with Ireland on Sunday.

Six Nations • 24 Feb 15

Mike Brown (l) of England feels the effects of his clash with Andrea Masi of Italy

Lancaster won't rush Mike Brown back into action

England head coach Stuart Lancaster will take no risks over the rehabilitation of Mike Brown, who appears increasingly unlikely to play in the crunch Six Nations clash against Ireland on Sunday.

Rugby • 24 Feb 15

Mike Brown suffered concussion in a clash with Andrea Masi of Italy

Brown doubtful for Ireland showdown after setback

England full-back Mike Brown appears increasingly unlikely to play any part in the pivotal RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland following a setback in his recovery from concussion.

Six Nations • 24 Feb 15

Mike Brown (l) took a nasty blow to the head against Italy

Mike Brown in fitness race for Ireland clash

Mike Brown is still suffering concussion symptoms and faces a race against time to prove his fitness for England's pivotal RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland in Dublin.

Six Nations • 17 Feb 15

Mike Brown will earn his 34th cap against Wales on Friday

England's Brown eager to avenge Millennium pain

Mike Brown is determined to avenge one of the darkest days of his career when England visit the Millennium Stadium for Friday night's Six Nations opener against Wales.

Rugby • 03 Feb 15

Mike Brown secured more than 34 per cent of a public vote

Brown takes Six Nations player award

England full-back Mike Brown has won the 2014 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship award.

Six Nations • 21 Mar 14

Tuilagi tore a chest muscle in September

Tuilagi and Yarde return for England

Manu Tuilagi and Marland Yarde have been restored to England's squad ahead of Sunday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales.

Six Nations • 03 Mar 14

Conor Murray on Danny Care: 'He has the ability to pull off some spectacular plays'

Murray wary of Care's threat at Twickenham

Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray has highlighted opposite number Danny Care as a huge threat ahead of his side's clash with England.

Six Nations • 19 Feb 14

Brown lone star as England beat dismal Scotland

England handled an appalling Murrayfield pitch to complete a comfortable 20-0 Six Nations victory over a dismal Scottish side.

Six Nations • 08 Feb 14

Abendanon is replacement for Brown

England full-back Mike Brown has been ruled out of the three-test series against South Africa with a fractured thumb and will be replaced by Bath's Nick Abendanon.

Rugby • 11 Jun 12

Mike Brown