Craig Burden

Craig Burden
Birth name Craig Bruce Burden
Date of birth (1985-05-13) 13 May 1985
Place of birth Durban, South Africa
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015
2015–2015
2015–present		 Toulon
Montpellier
Stade Français		 31
3
24		 (0)
(0)
(10)
Correct as of 1 May 2017
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2013 Sharks (Currie Cup) 101 (165)
Correct as of 26 October 2013
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2013 Sharks 47 (20)
Correct as of 26 May 2013

Craig Burden (born 13 May 1985 in Durban, South Africa) is a rugby union player for Stade Français in the French Top 14 competition. He attended Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg where he played at centre. Between 2006 and 2013, he played as a hooker for the Sharks.

In 2007 Burden attended the High Performance Player's Course at the International Rugby Academy NZ (IRANZ). Burden's Positional Coach was former Auckland Blues player Paul Mitchell and Course Facilitator former ITM Cup Coach for the Wellington Lions Chris Boyd.[1]

He joined French Top 14 side Toulon as a medical joker in 2013.[2]

He joined French Top 14 side Montpellier as a World Cup joker in July 2015.[3]

He joined French Top 14 side Stade Français as a medical joker in November 2015.

Honours

Sharks
Toulon

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thepost.co.za/lambie-back-bismarck-out-1.1274508
  2. ↑ "Sharks hooker off to Toulon". Sport24.co.za. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. ↑ (in French) "Top 14 - Craig Burden, plus qu'un joker à Montpellier ?". rugbyrama.fr. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  • "SA Rugby Player Profile – Craig Burden". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  • itsrugby.co.uk profile


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