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
At the end of 2008, Brown was included in the South African Sevens squad for the 2008-2009 Institutional Review Board Sevens World Series.
He also played in the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens competition, helping South Africa to the Quarter Finals, where they lost to Argentina. 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.