Philip Burger

Philip Burger

Full name	Philip Boshoff Burger
Date of birth	(1980-08-28) August 28, 1980
Place of birth	Pretoria, South Africa
Height
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2008–11	Perpignan	46	(47)
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2004–07 2011–12 2012	FS Cheetahs FS Cheetahs Griffons (loan)	25 17 5	(113) (32) (0)
correct as of 27 October 2012.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2007 & 2011	Cheetahs	18	(20)
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2006	South Africa

Philip Burger (born 28 August 1980 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a rugby union player.

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, and was part of the title winning squad in 2008/09.

External links

• South Africa Rugby Profile
• itsrugby.co.uk Profile