Braidon Burns
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| Born | 8 July 1996 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 19 August 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Braidon Burns (born 8 July 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre and winger for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.
Background
Burns was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian descent.[2]
He played his junior rugby league for the Coonamble Bears. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers.
Playing career
Early career
In 2015 and 2016, Burns played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team.[3] In August 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2017.[4]
2017
In round 2 of the 2017 NRL season, Burns made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.[5][6] In round 6 against Penrith, Burns endured a horror night after dropping multiple bombs from Nathan Cleary. Souths went on to win the match 21-20. Burns played the following week but then was left out of the side for eight weeks until managing to be recalled to the starting lineup for Souths round 15 clash against the Gold Coast.[7][8]
2018
Burns made his first appearance of the season for Souths in the round 4 Good Friday match against Canterbury.[9] Burns made a total of five appearances for Souths in 2018 but spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney and did not feature in Souths finals campaign.[10]
2019
Burns played a total of nine games for South Sydney in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished third on the table at the end of the regular season. Burns did not play in South Sydney's finals campaign.[11]
2020
In round 8 of the 2020 NRL season, Burns was taken from the field during South Sydney's victory over Canterbury. It was later revealed that Burns had suffered a dislocated knee and would be ruled out for the season.[12]
References
- ^ "Braidon Burns - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project.
- ^ King, Simon (8 February 2016). "Inglis's life lesson to juniors: know yourself". The Australian. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "B". Nyc Database. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Rabbitohs Sign Four Up-And-Coming Players". rabbitohs.com.au. 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Updated team lists: Sea Eagles v Rabbitohs". NRL.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "LATE MAIL: Round 2, 2017". Rabbitohs. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Barrett, Chris (7 April 2017). "Souths escape after Braidon Burns revives memories of Steve Mavin's case of the fumbles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "Custom Match List - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Rabbitohs v Bulldogs NRL live stream, live scores, updates: Round 4 live blog, SuperCoach scores". 30 March 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTItMTcxNy00LS0tLS0tMjM0MDktLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t
- ^ "Rabbitohs pair Burns and Reynolds look fit to play". www.nrl.com.
- ^ "Braidon Burns gone for season". www.foxsports.com.au.