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Luke Burgess

ルーク・バージェス　/　るーく・ばーじぇす

Rugby union player from Australia

August 20, 1984 (age 41)　・　Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales
rugby union player
rugby sevens player

My Take

What draws me to Luke Burgess is that he made his name as a scrum-half, arguably rugby's most thankless engine-room role. Earning 37 caps for Australia and dabbling in sevens tells me he had the pace and quick decision-making the position demands, but it's the unglamorous craft I admire most: clearing rucks, feeding clean ball, dictating tempo without ever hogging the spotlight. Newcastle has produced plenty of hard-nosed talent, and Burgess strikes me as that mould. Retired and largely out of the headlines now, he's exactly the kind of grafter I think deserves to be remembered rather than the flashy finisher.

Overview

Luke Burgess (born 20 August 1984) is a retired professional rugby union player. His usual position was scrum-half. He represented Australia on 37 occasions.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Luke Burgess
Name (Japanese): ルーク・バージェス
Reading: るーく・ばーじぇす
Born: August 20, 1984 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Rat
Origin: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player / rugby sevens player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%20(%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)

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