Billy Burns (rugby league)
Billy Burns (born 20 November 1998) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL.
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Burns | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 1998 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
As of 16 November 2020 Source: [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
Burns was born in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. He played his junior rugby league for Parkes Spacemen. Burns was educated at McCarthy Catholic College, Emu Plains and represented the 2016 Australian Schoolboys. He then signed with Penrith Panthers.
Playing career
Burns made his NRL debut for Penrith against the Sydney Roosters in round 24 of the 2019 NRL season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[2]
In round 25 2019 against Newcastle, Burns scored 2 tries as Penrith won the match 54-10 at Penrith Park. Penrith ended the season finishing a disappointing 10th place and missed out on the finals.[3]
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.