Louise Burrows
| Born | Louise Cooke 11 March 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louise Burrows (née Cooke; born 11 March 1978) is a former Australian rugby union player. She represented Australia at four Rugby World Cups — 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2017.
Rugby career
Burrows played her first game of rugby at a School Girls Gala Day in 1994.[1] In 1995, she joined the Royals Rugby Union club in Canberra when she was 17.[2][3] She also played her first representative game for the ACT women’s rugby team that year.[4][5]
She was selected in the first Brumbies women’s team in 1996 and represented them until 2022, having played over 150 games for the side.[4][5]
Burrows made her international debut for the Wallaroos against England in 2001 at Sydney.[1][6]
She competed for Australia at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cups.[7][8] In 2010, she attended the Wallaroos camp for the 2010 Rugby World Cup, but didn't make the final cut.[8]
Burrows also played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[1][9] She played her last test at the 2017 World Cup against Canada.[2][5]
In 2018, she was a member of the Brumbies women's team in the inaugural Super W competition.[4] In January 2020, she joined the Brumbies squad for the Super W competition.[10]
She was inducted in the University of Canberra’s new Sport Walk of Fame in 2022.[1] After more than three decades of playing representative rugby, she announced her retirement from the sport on 19 March 2024.[4][5]
Personal life
Burrows is a physical education teacher at Canberra Girls Grammar.[4][8] She and her husband, Mick, have two children, Fletcher and Georgie.[8] She is an inaugural inductee of the University of Canberra Sports Walk of Fame in 2022.[1][11]
She completed a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree at the University of Canberra in 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "A sporting career that's spanned three decades: Sport Walk of Fame Inductee, Louise Burrows". UnCover. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Gavel, Tim (16 October 2021). "Age no barrier as Canberra rugby icon Louise Burrows eyes another World Cup". Riotact. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ Travers, Penny (7 March 2022). "She's played professional rugby for 27 years. But Louise Burrows still isn't paid a cent". ABC News. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Women's Rugby Union Legend to Announce Retirement". brumbies.rugby. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Williamson, Nathan (20 March 2024). "Wallaroos legend Louise Burrows announces retirement". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Louise Burrows". Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Louise Burrows". classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d Polkinghorne, David (29 May 2014). "Canberra duo Shellie Milward and Louise Burrows begin pathway to women's rugby World Cup in Paris". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gavel, Tim (12 April 2024). "Canberra rugby legend Louise Burrows retires after almost three decades at the top". Region Canberra. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Brumbies reveal 2020 Super W Squad". brumbies.rugby. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Walk of Fame Members". University of Canberra. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.