Rick Bourke

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Rick Bourke (c. 1955 - 15 August 2006) was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs. Bourke played 10 seasons for Cronulla at fullback including scoring their only try in the 1973 grand final.[1]

He played his final season with South Sydney. Bourke died of cancer in August 2006 on the Gold Coast. [2]

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[1] Roy Masters, ROY MASTERS' GRAND FINAL TOP 5, 2 October 2004 Sun Herald retrieved from Ebbsco, Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, 15 October 2004

[2] Sydney Daily Telegraph, "Sharks Legend dies" 15 August 2006