Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Matt Peter Burke
- Born
- Tuesday, 15th September, 1964
- Current Age
- 59 years and 271 days
- Place Of Birth
- Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Brad Burke
- Father
- Peter Burke
Biography
Wallaby international centre played in 23 Tests during 1984-87 before switching codes to play with father Peter’s former club, Manly. After a promising start, Burke's professional career stalled and he was relegated to lower grade football with Easts and Balmain.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Additional Notes
Played in 23 Rugby UNion tests for the Wallabies between 1984 and 1987.
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Competition | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | - | 52 | 11 | - | - | 44 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 34.62% | List | ||||
| NSWRL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup AU | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | NSWRL 1988 Winfield Cup | 15 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 53.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 13 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1990 Winfield Cup | 13 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30.77% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1991 Winfield Cup | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22.22% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRL 1992 Winfield Cup | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Manly | 1988-89 | 28 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1990-91 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 27.27% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1992 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1988-1992 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 34.62% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash
Sources:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Newspapers
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