Brad Burke
| Full name | Bradford Thomas Burke | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 August 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Waverley College | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Matt Burke (brother) Peter Burke (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bradford Thomas Burke (born 6 August 1963) is an Australian former rugby union international who represented Australia in one Test match. He also played rugby league for Eastern Suburbs.
Burke, son of Manly Warringah halfback Peter, was born in Sydney and attended Waverley College. His younger brother Matt was a Wallabies winger, who also converted to rugby league.[1]
A scrum-half, Burke played for Randwick and gained his only Wallabies cap on the 1988 tour of Europe. He came on as a substitute in the closing stages of the Test against Scotland at Murrayfield, replacing an injured Nick Farr-Jones.[2]
Burke, switching to rugby league, made seven first-grade appearances for the Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the 1990 NSWRL season, as a teammate of brother Matt. He played as a halfback.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Burke after a guernsey". The Canberra Times. 8 June 1988. p. 42 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bradford Thomas Burke". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Brad Burke - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
External links
[edit]- Brad Burke at ESPNscrum
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby union players from Sydney
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Rugby league halfbacks
- People educated at Waverley College
- Sydney Roosters players
- Randwick DRUFC players
- New South Wales rugby union team players
- Footballers who switched code