Gillian Bourke

Gillian Bourke
Date of birth (1984-08-28) August 28, 1984
Place of birth Limerick
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007-Present
2003-Present		 Munster
UL Bohemians		 22 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008-Present  Ireland 51 15 tries

Gillian Bourke (born August 28, 1984) is a female rugby union player. She represented Ireland at the 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, where she was voted the Number 2 position in the WRWC Team of the Tournament. She has 51 caps for Ireland, playing from 2008-2015, winning the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2013, and the Six Nations Championship in 2015. She was also invited to play with the legendary Barbarians team in February 2018. She was voted Munster Women’s Player of the Year for the 2017-18 season. [1]

Bourke studied Sport Science at the University of Limerick.[2] She is a performance analyst.[3]

References

  1. ↑ IRB.com (1 May 2014). "Ireland women to seek "another level"". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Munster Rugby.ie (29 July 2014). "RWC: Getting To Know Gillian Bourke". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. ↑ The Score (16 August 2014). "'I love defence, I love tackling' – Ireland hooker Bourke suited to French test". Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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