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| birth_place = Napier, New Zealand
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| position = Flanker
| amatyears1 =2004-2011<br>2003
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| amatteam1 =Bay of Plenty<br>Hawke’s Bay
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Colin Bourke
Date of birth (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthNapier, New Zealand
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004-2011
2003
Bay of Plenty
Hawke’s Bay
90
12
()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005
2009-2010
Highlanders
Chiefs
2
15
()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010 Māori All Blacks 3
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2021
2004
 Japan
 New Zealand
2
3

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 Richo 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

  1. ^ "Colin Bourke". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Rugby Sevens - Fiji vs Japan - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Colin Bourke". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ Troughton, Jamie. Rugby News magazine (November 2021). Charlotte Smulders Publisher, New Zealand
  5. ^ The 2003 New Zealand Rugby Almanac (69th Edition). Akers, Clive & Miller, Geoff. Publisher: Hodder Mia Beckett Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.