Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Napier, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colin Bourke (born 15 October 1984) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Born in New Zealand, Bourke moved to Japan in 2012 to play with the Ricoh Black Rams and he was naturalized as a citizen in 2018.
In his career, Bourke played for:
- Napier Boys High School.
- Taradale.
- Mt Maunganui.
- New Zealand Schools 2002. Played verses Fiji and Australian schools.
- New Zealand Maori - 2010 (3 games). Played against NZ Barbarians, Ireland and England.
- UK Barbarians - 2010.
References
- "Colin Bourke". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Rugby Sevens - Fiji vs Japan - Pool B Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Colin Bourke". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- Troughton, Jamie. Rugby News magazine (November 2021). Charlotte Smulders Publisher, New Zealand
- The 2003 New Zealand Rugby Almanac (69th Edition). Akers, Clive & Miller, Geoff. Publisher: Hodder Mia Beckett Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
External links
- Colin Raijin Bourke at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Colin Raijin Bourke at Olympedia
| Japan squad – 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| Backs | |
| Coach | Kensuke Iwabuchi |
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Male rugby sevens players
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union players from Napier, New Zealand
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Japanese people of New Zealand descent
- Japanese rugby union players
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Bay of Plenty rugby union players
- Highlanders (rugby union) players
- L'Aquila Rugby players
- Chiefs (Super Rugby) players
- Black Rams Tokyo players
- Rugby union flankers
- NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players
- Naturalised rugby union players
- New Zealand emigrants to Japan
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Māori All Blacks players
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