Lachlan Burr

Lachlan Burr (born 27 September 1992) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward and lock for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL.

Lachlan Burr
Personal information
Born (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight103 kg (16 st 3 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013 Canterbury Bulldogs 1 0 0 0 0
2015–16 Gold Coast Titans 23 1 0 0 4
2017 Leigh Centurions 25 2 0 0 8
2017(loan) → Sheffield Eagles 3 1 0 0 4
2019– New Zealand Warriors 24 1 0 0 4
Total 76 5 0 0 20
As of 21 September 2019
Source: [1][2]

He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He played for the Leigh Centurions in the Betfred Super League, and on loan from Leigh at the Sheffield Eagles in the 2017 Kingstone Press Championship.

Background

Burr was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

He played his junior football for the Revesby Heights Rhinos before being signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. In 2008, Burr played for the New South Wales Under 16s team.

Playing career

From 2009 to 2012, Burr played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' NYC team.[3][4]

In 2009 and 2010, Burr played for the New South Wales U18's team.

In 2010, Burr played for the Australian Schoolboys.

In 2013, Burr moved on to Canterbury's New South Wales Cup team and won the club's New South Wales Cup Player of the Year award.[5]

In Round 25 of the 2013 NRL season, Burr made his NRL debut for Canterbury against the Penrith Panthers.[6]

On 4 September 2014, Burr signed a 2-year contract with the Gold Coast Titans starting in 2015.[7]

On 21 September 2014, Burr was named on the interchange bench in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.[8]

In October 2016 he joined Bradford Bulls,[9] but following their liquidation in January 2017 he signed a 1 Year Deal with Leigh Centurions.[10]

In 2018, Burr signed back with his original club Canterbury-Bankstown and played in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW. He was named player of the year and was part of the Canterbury side which won the Intrust Super Premiership NSW grand final defeating Newtown 18-12 at Leichhardt Oval. The following week, Burr played for Canterbury in their NRL State Championship victory over Redcliffe at ANZ Stadium.[11][12]

In 2019, Burr moved to Auckland to play with the New Zealand Warriors.

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. "Lachlan Burr - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. "B". Nyc Database. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. NRL. "sign promising back-rowers". Titans. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. NRL. "2014 VB NSW Cup Team of the Year". NSWRL. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  9. "Bradford Bulls sign Lachlan Burr from Gold Coast Titans". Sky Sports. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  10. "Lachlan Burr: Leigh Centurions sign Bradford Bulls forward". BBC Sport. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  11. "Canterbury Bulldogs beat Newtown Jets to win 2018 Intrust Super Premiership grand final". Fox Sports.
  12. "Bulldogs down Dolphins to win Intrust Super Championship". NRL.
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