Matt Burke

Matt Burke

Full name	Matthew Coleman Burke
Date of birth	(1973-03-26) 26 March 1973 (age 44)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	97 kg (15 st 4 lb)
School	St. Joseph's College
Spouse	Kate Burke
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Correct as of 2 November 2007 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1990–96 2004–08 Eastwood Newcastle Falcons 58 59 ((373) (288)) Correct as of 10 July 2014 Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–04 New South Wales Waratahs 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 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–04 1990–91 Australia Australian Schoolboys 81 5 ((878)) Correct as of 21 August 2004 National team(s) Years Team Comps 1993 Australia 1 Correct as of 10 July 2014

Position(s)	Fullback
Correct as of 2 November 2007
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1990–96 2004–08	Eastwood Newcastle Falcons	58 59	((373) (288))
Correct as of 10 July 2014
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–04	New South Wales Waratahs	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
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1993–04 1990–91	Australia Australian Schoolboys	81 5	((878))
Correct as of 21 August 2004
National team(s)
Years	Team		Comps
1993	Australia		1
Correct as of 10 July 2014

Matthew Burke (born 26 March 1973) is an Australian former international rugby union player and current sports presenter on Sydney's Ten Eyewitness News. He was considered to be the best rugby fullback in the world by some commentators during an era of Australian success in the late 1990s and early 2000s, ahead of notable contemporaries such as New Zealand All Blacks fullback Christian Cullen.

Burke is otherwise remembered as a point-scoring goal kicker 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 Test series win against the British and Irish Lions in 2001. At one stage of his career, he held at least 10 different points records in test rugby alone. In 1999, as part of celebrations to mark 125 years of Australian Rugby, a panel of experts rated him the best fullback in Australian Rugby history.

When he retired from international rugby in 2004 he was the leading points scorer in the multinational Super Rugby Competition. He is still the most capped fullback and the second highest all time scorer for Australia in international Test rugby.

Burke grew up in Carlingford, New South Wales, and attended at St Gerard Majella Catholic Primary School, Carlingford and St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1990 and toured with the teams to the United States and Ireland. He played his club rugby with Eastwood and maintained his association with the club throughout his career.

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