Rory Burke (born 27 April 1994) is an

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player. He plays as a

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and previously represented

Cork Constitution The Cork Constitution (CC) is a rugby union club based in Cork (city), Cork, playing in Division 1A of the All-Ireland League (rugby union), All-Ireland League. It was founded by staff of the ''Cork Constitution (newspaper), Cork Constitution'' ...

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

and

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and

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms ( Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Del ...

Cork Constitution

Having been educated at

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, Burke began playing for

in the Ulster Bank All-Ireland League and was part of the Con team that won the 2014 Bateman Cup.

Professional career

Munster

On 29 April 2017, Burke made his competitive debut for Munster when he came off the bench to replace Stephen Archer in the provinces 14–34 away victory against

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in Round 21 of the 2016–17 Pro12 season.

Nottingham

On 16 May 2017, it was announced that Burke had joined English

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side Nottingham R.F.C. on a one-year deal, which commenced during the pre-season of the 2017–18 season.

Connacht

Burke returned to Ireland to join

ahead of the 2019–20 season, in a move announced in May 2019. He was released by Connacht in June 2020.

References

External links

Munster ProfileU20 Six Nations Profile
1994 births Living people Rugby union players from Cork (city) Irish rugby union players Cork Constitution players Munster Rugby players Nottingham R.F.C. players Connacht Rugby players Rugby union props {{ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub