“I am staying,” Brown said at Leigh Matthews resignation press conference on Monday morning.
“Obviously this is about Leigh but we came to terms over the weekend.
“I didn’t want to take focus away from the game at the weekend [but] it had already been done.”
Brown said Matthews’ decision to quit had no bearing on his decision to stay.
“No, it was done on the weekend, I found out this morning [about Matthews]
“I wished I had known whether I was going to have to put up with him for the next few years.”
Speculation had been rife with Brown and the club failing to agree on the length of contract for the past few months.
But the Lions’ co-captain and triple premiership player said he was in for the long haul. Brown paid tribute to Matthews saying he was not only his “only coach” but a great teacher, mentor and friend.
Brown said it was up to him to lead the new era of Lions into the future.
