Luke Burgess (rugby union)

For the English rugby league player of the same name, see Luke Burgess (rugby league).

Luke Burgess

Personal information
Full name	Luke Burgess
Date of birth	20 August 1984 (1984-08-20)
Place of birth	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
School(s) attended	St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
University(s)	Sydney University St John's College, University of Sydney
Club information
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Current club	Stade Toulousain
Youth representative teams
Years Team Apps (points) 2003 ‐ 05 Australia U-21
Super Rugby **
Provincial sides Super Rugby 2003 - 2007 2007 - 2011 2011 - present Brumbies Waratahs Toulouse 2 54
Representative teams**
2008- Australia 37 (5)
** Representative team caps and points correct as of 21 November 2011.

Luke Burgess (born 20 August 1984 in Newcastle, Australia) is a national representative rugby union player who plays professionally for the Stade Toulousain.

Burgess played in the position of scrum-half with the Brumbies in Super Rugby from 2003 till 2007, but due to the presence of Wallaby captain George Gregan, he only made two appearances for the team debuting in 2005. He signed with the NSW Waratahs in May 2007 and began 2008 on the bench making his first Super 14 appearance mid-year. That same year he made his national Test debut for the Wallabies against Ireland at the Telstra Dome, Melbourne. A knee injury kept him out of the 2008 Tri-Nations but he was selected for the Wallabies end 2008 Spring Tour.

His early club rugby was with Sydney University Colts and Eastern Suburbs RUFC in Sydney, and in 2007 he played for the Melbourne Rebels in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. In 2009 he returned to play for the Sydney University rugby club.

From 2011 season, he plays for Stade Toulousain in Top 14 championship, France, making his debut in the Heineken Cup match against Gloucester.

External links

• "Luke Burgess". brumbies.com.au. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20070516115450/http://www.brumbies.com.au/act.rugby/page/51054. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 
• "The Waratahs sign scrumhalf Luke Burgess". eastsrugbyclub.rugbynet.com.au. 2007-05-14. http://www.eastsrugbyclub.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=107862. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 
• "HSBC Waratahs Player Profiles". nswrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831142309/http://www.nswrugby.com.au/HSBCWaratahs/PlayerProfiles/LukeBurgess.aspx. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 
• "Luke Burgess". sarugby.com. http://www.sarugby.com/news/Player/pid=297.html. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 
• "Luke Burgess". aru.rugby.com.au. http://aru.rugby.com.au/players/super_14/brumbies/2006/2006_burgess_luke,42835.html. Retrieved 2007-08-09. 
• Burgess seeks to confirm promise
• "Luke Burgess" on ESPN