Drew Gill

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Drew Gill
Birth nameAndrew Davidson Gill
Date of birth (1949-08-30) 30 August 1949 (age 75)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Gala ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
South of Scotland ()
- Scotland Possibles ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1972 Scotland 'B' 1 (0)
1973-74 Scotland 5 (8)

Drew Gill (born 30 August 1949) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. [1]

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Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played for Gala. [2]

He was part of the Gala side that won the Border League in 1967, the first Gala side to do so since 1921. [3]

He was part of the Gala 7s side that won the Gala Sevens in 1969 beating Loughborough Colleges in the final; [4] and in 1970, beating Llanelli in the final. [5]

The Gala 7s side of Ken Oliver, Peter Brown, Johnny Brown, Dunc Paterson, Arthur Brown, John Frame and Drew Gill were a notable side. Nicknamed the magnificent seven the Gala 7s won 16 Sevens tournaments between 1970 and 1972. [4]

Provincial career

He played for South of Scotland District. [2]

He played for Scotland Possibles in 1975. [6] [ full citation needed ]

International career

He was capped by Scotland 'B' against France 'B' in 1972.

His first full senior cap was against a Presidents XV to mark the SRU's centenary year in 1973. He played for Scotland a further four times, in the 1974 Five Nations Championship. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Davidson Gill". ESPN scrum.
  2. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. ↑ "Gala's Border League-winning class of 67". Border Telegraph. 31 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "David Ferguson: Gala ready to celebrate its magnificent sevens". www.scotsman.com.
  5. ↑ "Nostalgia: Gala seven triumph at 1970 Netherdale tournament". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
  6. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Drew Gill - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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