Andrew Broatch


Andrew "Drew" Broatch is a Scottish former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played invitational level rugby union for Barbarian F.C., and at club level Hawick YM RFC and Hawick RFC, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league for Other Nationalities and Commonwealth XIII, and at club level for Leeds, Bradford Northern, New Hunslet and York, as a, or, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6.

Playing career

International honours

Drew Broatch represented Other Nationalities while at Leeds, he played in the 2-19 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new floodlights, and represented Commonwealth XIII while at Leeds in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre, London on Wednesday 18 August 1965.

County Cup Final appearances

Drew Broatch played right-, i.e. number 3, in Leeds' 2-18 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1964–65 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1964–65 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 31 October 1964.

Genealogical information

Drew Broatch is the nephew of the Scottish rugby union, rugby league footballer, and rugby league coach; Alex Fiddes.