Colin Bourke

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Colin Bourke
Date of birth (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Napier, New Zealand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8, Fly-half, Centre
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004-2011 Bay of Plenty 90 (115)
2003 Hawke's Bay 12 (97)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005 Highlanders 2 (15)
2009–2010 Chiefs 15 (0)
2011–2021 Ricoh Black Rams (0)
2022–2024 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010 Māori All Blacks 3
National sevens teams
YearsTeamComps
2021 Japan 7s 2
2004 New Zealand 7s 3

Colin Bourke (born 15 October 1984) is a former Japanese rugby union and sevens player. [1] He competed for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Early life and career

Bourke was born in Napier, New Zealand, he attended St Patrick's School and then Napier Boys' High School. [2] He participated in athletics, cricket and rugby throughout intermediate and up till sixth form at Napier Boys' High School. [2] He played club rugby for Taradale. [3] [2]

He represented the New Zealand Schools in 2002 and played against the Fiji and Australian schools. [4]

Rugby career

In 2003, he made the New Zealand sevens team and they went on to win the 2004–05 World Sevens Series. [2] He then moved to Mount Maunganui to play for Bay of Plenty for eight seasons. [2] He also played Super Rugby for the Highlanders, and Chiefs. [5] [6]

In 2010, he played three games for the New Zealand Māori against the New Zealand Barbarians, Ireland and England. [2] [6] He also played for the Barbarians that same year and suffered a serious shoulder injury which saw him miss the entire 2011 Super Rugby season. [7] [8]

Bourke moved to Japan in 2012 to play with the Ricoh Black Rams and was naturalized as a citizen in 2018. [9] [5] He competed for Japan in the men's sevens tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2] [5]

In 2024, he announced his retirement from rugby after two seasons with Red Hurricanes Osaka in League One’s second division. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Colin Bourke". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hyde, Sahiban (22 July 2021). "Hawke's Bay's Colin Bourke to represent Japan in Olympic 7s". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Troughton, Jamie. Rugby News magazine (November 2021). Charlotte Smulders Publisher, New Zealand
  4. ↑ The 2003 New Zealand Rugby Almanac (69th Edition). Akers, Clive & Miller, Geoff. Publisher: Hodder Mia Beckett Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
  5. 1 2 3 McLeod, Alex (23 July 2021). "Ex-Maori ABs star to play for Japan at Olympics following eligibility saga". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 9 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 1 2 3 Pickering, Mark (8 May 2024). "Tokyo 2020 Olympian Colin Bourke announces retirement". RugbyJP. Retrieved 9 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Leabourn, Barry (10 November 2010). "Colin Bourke earns Baa Baa stripes". www.sunlive.co.nz. Retrieved 9 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ Hinton, Marc (4 November 2011). "Colin Bourke stunned to be cast adrift in NZ". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Colin Bourke". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.


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