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Bernie Lowther

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Bernie Lowther
Personal information
Full nameBernard Ross Lowther
Born (1950-08-15) 15 August 1950 (age 75)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Richmond (ARL)
1972–74 Canterbury-Bankstown 56 27 0 0 81
1975–76 South Sydney 42 14 0 0 42
Total 98 41 0 0 123
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Auckland
1970–71 New Zealand 8 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Bernard Ross Lowther[2] (born 1950) is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. A New Zealand international three-quarter, he played club football for the Richmond Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition and in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney. His father, Bernard Lowther (senior) also played for Richmond in the early to mid 1940s and played for Auckland.[3]

Lowther currently resides in South East Queensland and is a member of Carbrook Golf Club, he is a regular participant in Carbrook's Wednesday & Saturday competitions playing off a solid 16 handicap, which he will be looking to improve on after retiring earlier this year (2014).[4]

References

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  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. LOWTHER, Bernard Ross 1970 - 71 - Kiwi #477 Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. "Richmond v. Papakura". New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24040. 11 August 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. Ritchie, Dean (2 March 2007). "The best team in 18 years". The Australian. Australia: News Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
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