Peter Burke (rugby union)

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Peter Burke
Full name Peter Standish Burke
Date of birth (1927-09-22) 22 September 1927 (age 97)
Place of birth Tauranga, New Zealand
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
School Tauranga Boys' College
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Number 8
New Zealand No. 534
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1946
1947
1948–59
Bay of Plenty
Auckland
Taranaki


117
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1951, 1955, 1957 New Zealand 3 (0)
Coaching career
Years Club / team
1963–65
1981–82
Taranaki (assistant)
New Zealand

Peter Standish Burke ONZM (born 22 September 1927) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, coach and administrator. A lock and number 8, Burke represented Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Taranaki at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1951, 1955 and 1957. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including three internationals.[1]

After retiring as a player, Burke went on to contribute to rugby as a selector, coach and administrator. He was a Taranaki selector from 1960 to 1968, and assistant coach of that union from 1963 to 1965. He also served as president of the Taranaki Rugby Union. From 1970 to 1975 he was a North Island selector and he became a New Zealand selector in 1978. Burke was the All Blacks coach during the 1981 Springbok Tour and also for the tour of Romania and France later that year. In 1994 he served as president of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[1]

In the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours, Burke was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby.[2]

The Peter Burke Trophy, named in Burke's honour, is contested between the Bay of Plenty and Taranaki representative rugby union teams.[3]

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by All Blacks coach
1981–1982
Succeeded by
Bryce Rope


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