Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973)

Matt Burke

Birth name	Matthew Coleman Burke
Date of birth	(1973-03-26) 26 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Sydney
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School	St. Joseph's College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Correct as of 2 November 2007 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–96 Eastwood 58 (373) 2004–08 Newcastle Falcons 59 (288) Correct as of 10 July 2014 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–04 New South Wales Waratahs[3] 115 (1172) Correct as of 10 July 2014 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–04 New South Wales Waratahs 78 (959) Correct as of 10 July 2014 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–04 Australia[2] 81 (878) 1990–91 Australian Schoolboys 5 Correct as of 21 August 2004 National sevens team Years Team Comps 1993 Australia 1 Correct as of 10 July 2014

Matthew Coleman Burke (born 26 March 1973) is an Australian former international rugby union player and sport presenter on Sydney's 10 News First.

Burke was a goalkicker and regular try-scorer for the Wallabies who contributed to the team's victories in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, multiple Bledisloe Cups and Australia's sole test series win against the British & Irish Lions in 2001.^[4]

When he retired from international rugby in 2004 he was the leading points scorer in the multinational Super Rugby Competition. He is the most-capped fullback^[5] and the second highest scorer for Australia in Test rugby.^[6]