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Cyril Burke

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near Newcastle, New South Wales he had a long association with the Newcastle Waratahs club as both a player and coach. He made thirty-six state representative appearances for
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on 29 September 2000. The Cyril Burke Medal was named in his honour, and is presented annually to the top player in the
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I have fond memories of the tour, none better than Cyril Burke, the little Newcastle halfback who, with
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where he played in all five Tests. He made seven overseas rugby tours including
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He was inducted into the Australian Rugby Union's Hall of Fame in 2015.
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in 1946 and the following year he played in two domestic Tests against
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His Australian representative debut was made against the
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Burke home from the 1953 Wallaby tour of South Africa.
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Cyril Burke (Australian rules footballer)

Waratah, New South Wales
Mount Hutton, New South Wales
Scrum-half
New South Wales
Australia
BEM
rugby union
state
national representative
scrum-half
Test
Wallabies
Waratah
New South Wales

All Blacks
Eden Park
New Zealand
1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles, Ireland, France and North America
New Zealand
South Africa
British and Irish Lions
1947 Wallaby
Trevor Allan
Col Windon
1947 tour
Nicholas Shehadie
British Empire Medal

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