Philip Burger Explained

Birth Name:Philip Boshoff Burger
Birth Date:28 August 1980
Birth Place:Pretoria, South Africa
Weight:85kg (187lb)
Ru Position:Fullback
Years1:2008–2011
Clubs1:Perpignan
Apps1:46
Points1:47
Superyears1:2007 & 2011
Super1:Cheetahs
Superapps1:18
Superpoints1:20
Provinceyears1:2004–2007
Provinceyears2:2011–2012
Provinceyears3:2012
Province3:Griffons (loan)
Provinceapps1:25
Provinceapps2:17
Provinceapps3:5
Provincepoints1:113
Provincepoints2:32
Provincepoints3:0
Ru Provinceupdate:27 October 2012
Repsevensyears1:2006

Philip Burger (born 28 August 1980 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a rugby union player.[1]

He is a Springbok Rugby Sevens player, and represented South Africa at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He was the top try scorer at the IRB Sevens tournament in George, South Africa in 2006. He is the son of 3-times capped Bok, Thys Burger.

Burger played Currie Cup rugby for the Free State Cheetahs from 2005 to 2007. In 2006 he was the top try scorer in the Currie Cup competition. Burger won the Currie Cup with the Cheetahs in 2005 and in 2006 (when the Cheetahs shared it with the Bulls).He played Super 14 Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2007. He is in the current squad for the French Club USA Perpignan, in the Heineken Cup and Top 14,[2] and was part of the title winning squad in 2008/09.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/france/rugby/player/27420.html Philip Burger player profile
  2. Web site: Perpignan and Toulon top the pile . Scrum.com . 24 April 2010 . 25 October 2010.