| Jon Brennan | |
| Birth Name: | Jon Brennan |
| Birth Date: | 19 May 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Jersey |
| Height: | 189cm |
| Weight: | 127kg |
| Ru Currentteam: | Jersey Reds |
| Ru Position: | Prop |
| Years1: | 2003–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Jersey Reds |
| Apps1: | 200 |
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]
Brennan first joined the Jersey Reds in 2003, when they were playing in the London Division 3 South West.[5] Over an eight-year period, the club was promoted five times. He was named man of the match in the 2011 play-off against Loughborough Students, when Jersey secured promotion to National League 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."
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]