Mike Brown set for career change as he leaves Newcastle Falcons

The 36-year-old left Harlequins in April 2021 after 16 years at the club and moved to the North East on a one year deal with an option of another year.

However, The Rugby Paper have revealed that Dean Richards WILL NOT activate the extra year following a poor first campaign on Tyneside.

Brown started to prepare for life after rugby in late 2021 when he joined a player management division for the private platform Premier Sports Network.

The 36-year-old has been joined in the new venture by former Quins teammate and Argentina scrum-half Martín Landajo.

Brown currently acts as a strategic advisor for PSN Athlete Management because RFU rules prevent him from working as an agent while he is still a registered player.

His time in the North East has been turbulent, to say the least, but his latest display against London Irish was beyond awful. It would be fair to say that Newcastle Falcons look like a weaker team whenever he's picked in the starting line-up. It's a signing that so far hasn't paid off for Dean Richards.

He has struggled to rediscover his best form in the black, blue and white shirt since joining in the summer. Although you could point to a number of injuries as the reason for his slow start, he has undoubtely proved to be a flop thus far. Like everybody, we hope he can help Bath climb the table soon!

Fans were buzzing with the signing of the England U20 flier, especially after his man of the match debut in which he scored a brace of tries against Bristol Bears. Nevertheless, it's been poor in the six games since after with Crossdale failing to the cross the whitewash again.

The Scotland international centre arrived in London this summer looking to re-energise his career, but thus far it has been a struggle with the speedster scoring zero tries in his eight appearances.