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| Born | Philip Boshoff Burger August 28, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Philip Burger (born 28 August 1980 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a rugby union player.[1]
He is a Springbok Rugby Sevens player, and represented South Africa at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He was the top try scorer at the IRB Sevens tournament in George, South Africa in 2006. He is the son of 3-times capped Bok, Thys Burger.
Burger played Currie Cup rugby for the Free State Cheetahs from 2005 to 2007. In 2006 he was the top try scorer in the Currie Cup competition. Burger won the Currie Cup with the Cheetahs in 2005 and in 2006 (when the Cheetahs shared it with the Bulls). He played Super 14 Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2007. He is in the current squad for the French Club USA Perpignan, in the Heineken Cup and Top 14,[2] and was part of the title winning squad in 2008/09.
According to his father, via social media posts, it was the kwota system that prevent him from becoming a Springbok.
His career was at the same time as with legendary wings Bryton Paulse, Brian Habana and Aswin Willemse.
Personal
[edit]His daughter Rume Burger competes as a sprinter and is a senior national champion over 200 metres.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Philip Burger player profile ESPN Scrum.com
- ↑ "Perpignan and Toulon top the pile". Scrum.com. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
- ↑ "Teen sprint sensation Burger humbled and blessed". ofm.co.za. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ "'She lives and breathes athletics': Proud father Philip Burger on new SA 200m champ Rume". News24. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- "SA Rugby Player Profile – Philip Burger". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- itsrugby.co.uk Profile
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Griffons (rugby union) players
- USA Perpignan players
- Rugby union players from Pretoria
- South Africa international rugby sevens players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- 21st-century South African sportsmen