Rick Bourke
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| Full name | Richard Bourke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1953 Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 August 2006 (aged 52) Tugun, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard (Rick) Bourke (16 November 1953 – 15 August 2006) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He played for Cronulla-Sutherland and South Sydney in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
Playing career
[edit]A local junior from Caringbah, New South Wales, Bourke played 10 seasons for Cronulla at wing and fullback and scored thirty eight tries[1] including their only try in the 10–7 1973 Grand Final loss to a Bob Fulton inspired Manly-Warringah at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3] He also played on the wing for Cronulla in the drawn Grand Final against Manly in 1978, as well as playing fullback in the replay played just two days later.[1] Manly won the replay 16–0.[4]
He played his final season with South Sydney in 1983.[5]
Death
[edit]Rick Bourke died of cancer on 15 August 2006 at the John Flynn Hospital, Tugun, Queensland aged 52.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Rick Bourke". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ Whiticker/Hudson
- ↑ Roy Masters, ROY MASTERS' GRAND FINAL TOP 5, 2 October 2004 Sun Herald retrieved from Ebbsco, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, 15 October 2004
- ↑ "1978 NSWRFL: Grand Final Rep.: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 16 def. Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 0". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ "South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Player Report – Rick Bourke". ssralmanac.com.
- ↑ Sydney Daily Telegraph, "Sharks Legend dies" 15 August 2006
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