Craig Burden
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| Full name | Craig Bruce Burden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 March 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Bruce Burden (born 13 May 1985 in Durban, South Africa) is a former rugby union player for the Sharks in Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. He attended Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg where he played at centre. Between 2006 and 2013, he played as a hooker for the Sharks.
In 2007 Burden attended the High Performance Player's Course at the International Rugby Academy NZ (IRANZ). Burden's Positional Coach was former Auckland Blues player Paul Mitchell and Course Facilitator former ITM Cup Coach for the Wellington Lions Chris Boyd.[1]
He joined French Top 14 side Toulon as a medical joker in 2013.[2]
He joined French Top 14 side Montpellier as a World Cup joker in July 2015.[3]
He joined French Top 14 side Stade Français as a medical joker in November 2015.
Honours[edit]
- Currie Cup: 2010
References[edit]
- ^ "The Post".
- ^ "Sharks hooker off to Toulon". Sport24.co.za. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ (in French) "Top 14 - Craig Burden, plus qu'un joker à Montpellier ?". rugbyrama.fr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
External links[edit]
- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Craig Burden". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Maritzburg College
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- RC Toulon players
- Rugby union hookers
- Rugby union players from Durban
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- South Africa international rugby union players
- South African people of British descent
- South African rugby union players
- Stade Français Paris players
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African rugby union biography stubs