Alex Brown (rugby union) was forced to announce his retirement on 20 December 2012 He currently acts as Rugby Operations Manager at Kingsholm Stadium with Gloucester Rugby. Alex Brown (rugby union) Alex Brown (born 17 May 1979 in Bristol) is a former English rugby union player, who played at lock position. He attended the famous Colston's Collegiate School in Bristol. He started playing rugby at u7s level for Clifton in 1985 and worked his way through the age levels there After a brief period with Bath and Pontypool, he joined his home city club Bristol and was a key player when they won the
Celtic Cup (rugby union) Celtic Cup (rugby union) The Celtic Cup was a rugby union cup competition featuring regional and provincial teams from Ireland, Scotland and Wales that ran for two seasons between 2003 and 2005. The first edition of the competition was won by Ulster and the second by Munster, both from Ireland. Following the introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales ahead of the 2003/04 season, the format of the Celtic League tournament was changed so that each team would play each other twice, home and away, with the side that accumulated the most points during the season winning the title.