Brent Pope (born 27 October 1962) is a New Zealand born rugby television analyst, rugby journalist, charity worker, children's book author, after dinner speaker, founder of Outside in Art Gallery in Dublin, owner of POPE shirts and shoes and founder of The Elephant in the Room, mental Health project.
Pope played nearly 100 first class games in New Zealand in a career that spanned over 10 years with the Dunedin-based side, during that time he formed potent loose forward trios with the likes of All Blacks Paul Henderson, Mike Brewer, Josh Kronfeld, Arran Pene and Jamie Joseph.
Pope also played representative county rugby in England and in United States where he was part of the OMBAC national championship winning side.
Pope featured regularly as a rugby pundit on RTE, with presenter Tom McGurk and George Hook, in the coverage of Six Nations, International tests, and Heineken Cup matches.
[4] Pope is a recurring contributor to RTÉ Radio, Newstalk 106 and, in New Zealand, Murray Deaker's show, and is a regular after-dinner speaker.
In September 2013 Brent visited Argentina to continue building houses in disadvantaged areas with PUMA rugby legends including Argentine Captain Felipe Contepomi.