By Karen Murdarasi2024-07-25T14:58:00
As a professional rugby union player, Peter Browne’s faith has steered him through both success and failure. In it all, we’re called to glorify God, he says
Growing up, Peter Browne was, in his own words, “sport mad”. From an early age, he loved all sports, but with a father who had played rugby at school and university, it’s perhaps not surprising that he, too, was eventually drawn towards a career in Rugby Union.
After a growth spurt in his teens saw him reach 6ft 7in, he knew there was a realistic prospect of playing at a high level. “I understood the game, I was tall and athletic. It made sense for me to pursue it as best I could.” In 2008, while in his second year of studying theology at the University of Durham, he made his Premiership debut as a forward for Newcastle Falcons.
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