Bernard Lewis (rugby league)

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Bernard Lewis
Personal information
Born (1997-10-23) 23 October 1997 (age 26)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–2023 Northern Pride 4490036
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Papua New Guinea 10000
2019– Papua New Guinea 9s 10000
Source: [1]
As of 20 October 2019

Bernard Lewis (born 23 October 1997) is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer [2] who plays as a winger for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup.

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Early life

Lewis was born in Cairns, Queensland, Australia and is of Torres Strait Islander and Papua New Guinean descent. Lewis qualifies for Papua New Guinea via his mother, who is from Daru Island, an island of the Torres Strait governed by Papua New Guinea. [3]

Playing career

Lewis won the 2016 National Youth League premiership with the Sydney Roosters before playing a leading role in the clubs 2017 Auckland Nines title run.

The winger scored an 80 metre match winning try in their semi-final against the Melbourne Storm then went across for another four pointer in the final against Penrith. [4]

Lewis made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 24–6 loss to Samoa in the 2019 Oceania Cup. [5] On 2 October 2019, Lewis was named in the Papua New Guinea team for the 2019 Rugby league World Cup 9s.

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References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "bernard lewis sydney roosters - Google Search". www.google.com.au. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lam out / Lewis in". PNGRFL. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Subscribe to the Cairns Post".
  5. ↑ "Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.


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