Luke Burt
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| Full name | Luke Kevin Burt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 June 1981 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (13 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Kevin Burt (born 6 June 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s. A goal-kicking winger and occasional fullback, he played his entire career for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League (NRL). Burt also gained selection for Country New South Wales and the Prime Minister's XIII.
Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Burt attended Whitebridge High School and played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998.
Burt went on to play junior football for the Valentine Red Devils before being called up to the Eels in 1999.
Burt made his first-grade debut in Rd 1 1999, at the age of 17 against the St. George Illawarra Dragons. He was named the 1999 Parramatta Eels season's rookie of the year. Although a very capable fullback, Burt played most of his football as a wing or center since the Eels backs of the era included Clinton Schifcofske, Brett Hodgson and Wade McKinnon, all of whom have earned at least one representative jumper at fullback. As an outside back, he provided many tries down either the left or right flank for Parramatta. Burt played on the wing for Parramatta in their 2001 NRL grand final loss to the Newcastle Knights.
With the departure of McKinnon at the end of 2006 to the Warriors, Burt was installed as the regular fullback. In 2007 Burt continued his great form at fullback and was particularly impressive with his goalkicking, kicking at just under 90% success rates for the season. His form put him at the top of the NRL's point scoring list for much of the 2007 season. Unfortunately Burt dislocated his kneecap against the Newcastle Knights in Round 17 and missed the remainder of the NRL season. At the time of his injury, Burt was so far ahead on the point scoring list that it took Hazem El Masri (second highest point scorer after Burt) until Round 22 to catch his total of 154 points for the season.
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