Shane Drahm (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian former rugby union player of Aboriginal descent.[1] His usual positions were fly-half or fullback. Drahm played for Queensland in Super Rugby and Australia in rugby sevens, but went on to represent England in test rugby and played most of his professional rugby career in that country. He is the current head coach of the First XV at Brisbane Boys College.
| Date of birth | 29 August 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
editDrahm made his Super Rugby debut in 1997 for the Queensland Reds. He played four seasons in Brisbane before moving to England in 2001, playing for Bristol then Northampton. He joined Worcester Warriors in the summer of 2005,[2][3] and was an integral part of the team. He racked up a number of kicking records in the Guinness Premiership. Drahm qualified to represent England on residency grounds and was capped twice in 2006.
Drahm moved to Japan in 2008 and played the last three seasons of his career with Kubota Spears. He returned to Brisbane in 2011.
After rugby
editDrahm worked briefly in sports management before taking on assistant coaching positions in Premier Rugby; firstly at Brothers and then the GPS club in Brisbane. He went on to become the interim head coach of the GPS Premier Grade team during the 2014 season
Drahm has also coached schoolboy rugby at Nudgee College and Brisbane Boys College.[4]
He was the director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland in 2015.[1] Drahm plays golf at Keperra Country Golf Club in Queensland and is a scratch golfer under the GA handicap system.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit: Director - Shane Drahm". The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Shane Drahm calms Worcester". Telegraph. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Shane Drahm is Worcester's inspiration". Telegraph. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Kubota Spears Profile/Club Preview". Jrfu.org. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ "Drahm and Hickey to leave Sixways". BBC Sport. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
- ^ Steve Zemek (5 March 2011). "Kefu invokes mateship". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
External links
edit- Club stats on It's Rugby
- Worcester Warriors Profile at Warriors.co.uk
- Guinness Premiership Profile at GuinnessPremiership.com
- Queensland Reds Individual Records at QRU.com
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