Jordan Drew (born 26 January 1995) is a Canada international

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footballer who plays as a and er for the

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in the

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. He previously played for the

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in the

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Background

Drew was born in

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. He is of Canadian descent. He played his junior rugby league for the Nanango Stags, before being signed by the

Playing career

Early career

From 2013 to 2015, Drew played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team.

2013

In Round 22 of the

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, Drew made his

debut for the Brisbane club against St. George Illawarra, scoring a try on debut.

2015

On 2 May, Drew played for the

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against the

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. On 8 July, he played for the

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under-20s team against the

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under-20s team. On 14 September, he was named at centre in the 2015 NYC Team of the Year. On 20 October, he signed a two-year contract with the

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugb ...

starting in 2016, after being released from the final year of his Brisbane contract.

2017

On 23 June, Drew was granted a release from his Cronulla contract to join the

Townsville Blackhawks The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Que ...

mid-season. In his season and a half with Cronulla, he did not play a first grade game.

2018

Drew was selected to represent

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for their 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying fixtures.

2019

After a season and a half with the Townsville outfit, Drew joined the

Wynnum Manly Seagulls The Wynnum Manly Seagulls are an Australian rugby league football club based at Kougari Oval, in Brisbane's bayside suburb of Manly West, Queensland, Manly West, which neighbours the suburb of Wynnum, Queensland, Wynnum. They competed in the Bri ...

for the 2019

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season.

2020

On 14 August 2020 it was reported that he had signed for the

in the

International

He made his international début for

in the 8-38 loss to

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on 13 November 2018.

References

External links

2015 Brisbane Broncos profileNRL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drew, Jordan 1995 births Living people Australian people of Canadian descent Australian rugby league players Brisbane Broncos players Canada national rugby league team players Junior Kangaroos players Limoux Grizzlies players New South Wales Residents rugby league team players Rugby league centres Rugby league fullbacks Rugby league wingers Rugby league players from Brisbane 21st-century Australian sportsmen