| Birth name | Andrew Davidson Gill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 August 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]
References
- ^ "Andrew Davidson Gill". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Gala's Border League-winning class of 67". Border Telegraph. 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b "David Ferguson: Gala ready to celebrate its magnificent sevens". www.scotsman.com.
- ^ "Nostalgia: Gala seven triumph at 1970 Netherdale tournament". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Drew Gill - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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