Louise Burrows
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| 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.
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]