Colin Bourke
| Date of birth | 15 October 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Napier, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Bourke (born 15 October 1984) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] Born in New Zealand, Bourke moved to Japan in 2012 to play with the Ricoh Black Rams and he was naturalized as a citizen in 2018.[3]
In his career, Bourke played for:[4]
- Napier Boys High School.
- Taradale.
- Mt Maunganui.
- New Zealand Schools 2002. Played verses Fiji and Australian schools.[5]
- New Zealand Maori - 2010 (3 games). Played against NZ Barbarians, Ireland and England.
- UK Barbarians - 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ "Colin Bourke". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens - Fiji vs Japan - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Colin Bourke". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Troughton, Jamie. Rugby News magazine (November 2021). Charlotte Smulders Publisher, New Zealand
- ^ The 2003 New Zealand Rugby Almanac (69th Edition). Akers, Clive & Miller, Geoff. Publisher: Hodder Mia Beckett Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
External links
[edit]- Colin Raijin Bourke at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Colin Raijin Bourke at Olympedia
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