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Andrea Burk

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Andrea Burk

Hilary Leith and Burk

Date of birth

April 7, 1982 (age 42)

Height

1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight

75 kg (165 lb)

Occupation(s)

Sports commentator and analyst

Rugby union career

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Centre (15s), Forward (7s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1997-	Capilano		()
–	Acadia Axewomen		()
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2009–	Canada
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
	Canada 7s

Rugby league career

Playing information

Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2017	Canada

Medal record

Women's rugby union

Representing Canada
World Cup
	2014 France	Team competition

Andrea Burk (born April 7, 1982) is a Canadian rugby footballer. She represented Canadainrugby union at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and in rugby league at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] She made her debut in their 2009 tour of France.^[5]

Rugby[edit]

Burk started playing rugby in 1997, at the age of 15, with her local club Capilano RFC.^[6]

Since 2013, she has been on the Aptoella Angels Select Team.

Honors[edit]

2004-2006 Canadian Interuniversity Sport All-Canadian^[6]
2004-2006 Female Athlete of the Year - Acadia University^[6]
2010 National Campion - Team BC^[6]
2011 British Columbia - Female Player of the Year^[6]
2014 Gillian Florence award^[7]
2014 Women's Rugby World Cup Dream team^[7]^[8]
2016 Player of the Year finalist^[7]

Personal[edit]

Burk has a Bachelor's degreeinKinesiology from Acadia University and a Master's degree in Leadership and Development from Royal Roads University.

From 2014-2016, Burke was the Director of the British Columbia Rugby Union Board of Directors and was on the National Women's Program Player's Committee from 2011 to 2014.^[9] She is also on the Monty Heald Fund committee.^[10]

References[edit]

^ Davidson, Neil. "Veteran Mandy Marchak ready for another rugby World Cup, this time rugby league". Retrieved 30 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "Canada gets its first-ever national women's rugby league squad". 21 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

^ Ben Kerr, lastwordonsports.com (30 June 2014). "Canada's Roster Announced for Women's Rugby World Cup". Retrieved 2 October 2014.

^ Bryan Kelly, Rugby Canada Communications (BC Rugby.com) (31 July 2014). "Canada roster announced for Women's World Cup opener vs France". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

^ Jennifer Hoegg, Kingscountynews.ca (13 August 2014). "Women in sport: Acadia grad has a love affair with rugby, playing on international stage". Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2014.