David Howard Burcher (born 26 October 1950) is a former
Wales
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international
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player. He was capped four times for Wales in 1977 and that same year he toured New Zealand with the
British & Irish Lions
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, playing in one international.
David Bursher Lions profile
Lionsrugby.com Burcher played club rugby for Newport RFC
Newport Rugby Football Club () is a Welsh rugby union club based in the city of Newport, Wales. They presently play in the Super Rygbi Cymru. Until 2021 Newport RFC were based at Rodney Parade situated on the east bank of the River Usk.
Ever ...
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1950 births
Living people
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Newport RFC players
Cardiff RFC players
Barbarian F.C. players
Newport HSOB RFC players
Rugby union players from Newport, Wales
Alumni of the University of Exeter
Rugby union centres
People educated at Newport High School
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