Mark Burns (rugby league)
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Full name | Mark Burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | c. 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: rugbyleagueproject.org As of 16 May 2012 |
Mark Burns is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Scotland, and at club level for Lindley Swifts (in Lindley, Huddersfield), as a hooker,[1] and as of 2017 is an Independent Financial Adviser, and partner in Pennines IFA.[2]
International honours
Mark Burns won 4-caps for Scotland while at Lindley Swifts, against Ireland as a curtain raiser to the Leeds versus Wigan Rugby League Charity Shield match as precursor to the 1995–96 season at the Royal Dublin Society Showground, Dublin on Sunday 13 August 1995, and three appearances in the 1995 Rugby League Emerging Nations Tournament the 34-9 victory over Russia at Post Office Road, Featherstone on Monday 16 October 1995, the 38-16 victory over USA at Sixfields Stadium, Northampton on Wednesday 18 October 1995, and the 10-21 defeat by Cook Islands at Wheldon Road, Castleford on Friday 20 October 1995. In addition, while studying at university in Lancashire, he was captain of Scotland Students RL for the 1996 University Rugby League World Cup.[3]
References
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Pennines IFA → About Us". penninesifa.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Huddersfield rugby league player Mark Burns gets Scotland cap… 22 years after playing". examiner.co.uk. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.