Brad Burke

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Brad Burke
Full nameBradford Thomas Burke
Date of birth (1963-08-06) 6 August 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
School Waverley College
Notable relative(s) Matt Burke (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1988 Australia 1 (0)
Rugby league career
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1990 Eastern Suburbs 70

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.

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Burke, son of Manly Warringah halfback Peter Burke, 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Burke after a guernsey". The Canberra Times . 8 June 1988. p. 42 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Bradford Thomas Burke". classicwallabies.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Brad Burke - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
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