Craig Burden

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Craig Burden
Rugby union career
Full name	Craig Bruce Burden
Date of birth	(1985-05-13) 13 May 1985
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Playing career
Position	Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2013–	Toulon
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–13	Natal Sharks	101	(165)
correct as of 26 October 2013.
Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006–13	Sharks	47	(20)

correct as of 26 May 2013.

Craig Burden (born 13 May 1985 in Durban, South Africa) is a rugby union player for Toulon in the French Top 14 competition. He attended Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg where he played at centre. Between 2006 and 2013, he played as a hooker for the Sharks.

In 2007 Burden attended the High Performance Player's Course at the International Rugby Academy NZ (IRANZ). Burden's Positional Coach was former Auckland Blues player Paul Mitchell and Course Facilitator former ITM Cup Coach for the Wellington Lions Chris Boyd.^[1]

He joined French Top 14 side Toulon as a medical joker in 2013.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.thepost.co.za/lambie-back-bismarck-out-1.1274508
↑ "Sharks hooker off to Toulon". Sport24.co.za. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

External links

Squads

v t e Natal Sharks – 2013 Currie Cup Premier Division

Forwards	Willem Alberts Jacques Botes Craig Burden Dale Chadwick Marcell Coetzee Kyle Cooper Keegan Daniel Jean Deysel Justin Downey Bismarck du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Pieter-Steph du Toit Rayno Gerber Monde Hadebe Wiehahn Herbst Edwin Hewitt Stephan Lewies Peet Marais Danie Mienie Tendai Mtawarira Tera Mtembu Brynard Stander Marco Wentzel Did not play: Anton Bresler Allan Dell Francois Kleinhans Maks van Dyk

Backs	Butch James Patrick Lambie Louis Ludik SP Marais Sizo Maseko Charl McLeod Lwazi Mvovo Odwa Ndungane Cobus Reinach François Steyn Jaco van Tonder Tim Whitehead Heimar Williams Fred Zeilinga Did not play: Robert du Preez André Esterhuizen Hansie Graaff Paul Jordaan Marius Joubert Sean Robinson Sibusiso Sithole Stefan Ungerer

Coach	Brendan Venter

v t e Sharks – 2013 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Willem Alberts Jacques Botes Anton Bresler Craig Burden Marcell Coetzee Kyle Cooper Keegan Daniel Jean Deysel Bismarck du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Pieter-Steph du Toit Wiehahn Herbst Edwin Hewitt JC Janse van Rensburg Ryan Kankowski Jandré Marais Danie Mienie Derick Minnie Tendai Mtawarira Tera Mtembu Franco van der Merwe Did not play: Dale Chadwick Allan Dell Monde Hadebe Peet Marais

Backs	Meyer Bosman Andries Coetzee Butch James Paul Jordaan Patrick Lambie Piet Lindeque Louis Ludik Charl McLeod Lwazi Mvovo Odwa Ndungane JP Pietersen Cobus Reinach Sean Robinson Sibusiso Sithole François Steyn Jaco van Tonder Riaan Viljoen Fred Zeilinga Did not play: Tian Meyer Tim Whitehead

Coach	John Plumtree / Grant Bashford & Hugh Reece-Edwards (caretakers)

v t e Natal Sharks – 2012 Currie Cup Premier Division

Forwards	Willem Alberts Jacques Botes Anton Bresler Craig Burden Dale Chadwick Marcell Coetzee Kyle Cooper Keegan Daniel Allan Dell Jean Deysel Pieter Dixon Jannie du Plessis Monde Hadebe Wiehahn Herbst Francois Kleinhans Franco Marais Jandré Marais Peet Marais Tendai Mtawarira Tera Mtembu Julian Redelinghuys Brynard Stander Steven Sykes Did not play: Bismarck du Plessis Pieter-Steph du Toit

Backs	Meyer Bosman Paul Jordaan Marius Joubert Patrick Lambie Louis Ludik Charl McLeod Lwazi Mvovo Odwa Ndungane JP Pietersen Gouws Prinsloo Cobus Reinach Sibusiso Sithole Rosco Speckman Riaan Viljoen Tim Whitehead Did not play: Conrad Hoffmann François Steyn

Coach	John Plumtree

v t e South Africa – 2012 Rugby Championship

Forwards	Willem Alberts Andries Bekker Patric Cilliers Marcell Coetzee Keegan Daniel Bismarck du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Eben Etzebeth Dean Greyling Juandré Kruger Tiaan Liebenberg Francois Louw Tendai Mtawarira Coenie Oosthuizen Jacques Potgieter Adriaan Strauss Flip van der Merwe Duane Vermeulen Did not play: Craig Burden Siya Kolisi Frans Malherbe Chiliboy Ralepelle Pierre Spies

Backs	Juan de Jongh Jean de Villiers JJ Engelbrecht Johan Goosen Bryan Habana Francois Hougaard Elton Jantjies Zane Kirchner Patrick Lambie Lwazi Mvovo Ruan Pienaar François Steyn Morné Steyn Jaco Taute Did not play: Jano Vermaak

Coach	Heyneke Meyer

v t e Sharks – 2012 Super Rugby season

Forwards	Willem Alberts Jacques Botes Anton Bresler Craig Burden Dale Chadwick Marcell Coetzee Kyle Cooper Keegan Daniel Jean Deysel Bismarck du Plessis Jannie du Plessis Pieter-Steph du Toit Wiehahn Herbst Ryan Kankowski Jandré Marais Tendai Mtawarira Tera Mtembu Ross Skeate Steven Sykes Did not play: Alistair Hargreaves Julian Redelinghuys

Backs	Meyer Bosman Paul Jordaan Marius Joubert Patrick Lambie Louis Ludik Charl McLeod Frédéric Michalak Lwazi Mvovo Odwa Ndungane JP Pietersen Cobus Reinach François Steyn Riaan Viljoen Tim Whitehead Did not play: Conrad Hoffmann

Coach	John Plumtree

Persondata
Name	Burden, Craig
Alternative names
Short description	South African rugby union player
Date of birth	13 May 1986
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death

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