Bernie Drew | |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1927 |
Position: | Second-row / Lock |
Teama: | Queensland |
Yearastart: | 1951 |
Yearaend: | 55 |
Appearancesa: | 21 |
Triesa: | 8 |
Goalsa: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 24 |
Teamb: | Australia |
Yearbstart: | 1951 |
Yearbend: | 53 |
Appearancesb: | 3 |
Triesb: | 0 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 0 |
Club1: | Newtown Jets |
Year1start: | 1947 |
Year1end: | 50 |
Appearances1: | 43 |
Tries1: | 7 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 21 |
Bernie Drew (16 October 1927 – 12 August 2010) was an Australian rugby league player.
A second-rower and lock, Drew came into the Newtown Jets first-grade side in 1947 as a local junior. He left in 1949 to take up a player-coaching role with North Queensland club Proserpine, then returned to Newtown the following year for more season, before moving to Bundaberg to coach Brothers.[1]
Drew was a second-rower in the Queensland state side from 1951 to 1955. He played for Australia in the 2nd and 3rd Test matches of a home series against France, replacing second-rower Harold Crocker, who had been shifted to lock after Noel Mulligan got injured.[2] In 1953, Drew toured New Zealand with the national team and was their top-scoring forward with 31-points, but featured in only the third of the three Test matches.[3]