Rugby player
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| Full name | Luke Burgess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 (age 41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb; 196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Burgess (born 20 August 1984) is a retired professional rugby union player. His usual position was scrum-half. He represented Australia on 37 occasions.
Early career
Burgess was born in Newcastle, Australia. He was educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. He played his club rugby with Sydney University Colts and Eastern Suburbs RUFC in Sydney.
Professional career
He played with the Brumbies from 2003 to 2007, but due to the presence of Wallaby captain George Gregan, he only made two appearances for the team, making his Super 12 debut in 2005. In 2007 he played for the Melbourne Rebels in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship.
Burgess joined the NSW Waratahs in 2008, and made his first Super 14 appearance off the bench mid-year. Later that year he made his Test debut for the Wallabies against Ireland at the Telstra Dome, Melbourne. A knee injury kept him out of the 2008 Tri Nations Series, but he was selected for the Wallabies end 2008 Spring Tour.
From 2011, Burgess played for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 championship, France, making his debut in the Heineken Cup match against Gloucester.
He joined the Melbourne Rebels for the start of the 2014 Super Rugby season.
In 2015, he moved to Italy to play for Zebre and announced his retirement from professional rugby in May 2016.
References
- Cerise & Blue Magazine Vol 63. No 2 July 2020
- Burgess seeks to confirm promise
- Robinson, Georgina (23 March 2013). "Burgess joins Rebels on three-year deal". Age. Fairfax. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- Gould, Russell (22 April 2013). "Luke Burgess is optimistic about Rebels prospects after joining from France". Herald Sun. News. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Wallabies Media Unit (15 April 2013). "Luke Burgess returning to Australia" (Press release). ARU. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- "Burgess calls time on rugby career". 7 May 2016.
External links
- Melbourne Rebels Profile
- "Luke Burgess". brumbies.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
- "Luke Burgess" on ESPN
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Stade Toulousain players
- ACT Brumbies players
- New South Wales Waratahs players
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Melbourne Rising players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Rugby league players from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in France
- Australian expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Zebre Parma players
- Rugby union players from Newcastle, New South Wales
- 2011 Rugby World Cup players
- People educated at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill