Career
Brine, an East Ringwood recruit, made three league appearances for Collingwood, as a 20-year-old in the 1980 VFL season. Foreign the rest of the decade he played at Preston in the Victorian Football Association. In the 1983 Grand Final he filled in as captain, due to Ray Shaw being ruled out with an injury.
He held the captaincy full-time from 1985 to 1988, under coach Peter Weightman.
And he served as captain of the Association representative team from 1985.