Kristopher Shaun Burton (born 4 August 1980) is an Australian-born Italian international
rugby union
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player. His regular playing positions are Fly-half and Fullback.
Burton plays as a
fly-half but can also turn out in the
fullback position.
Burton qualifies to play for Italy through his mother, and made his debut for
Italy
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against
Uruguay
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on 2 June 2007. He has not represented Italy in the
Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport.
The tournament is administer ...
tournament, but has played in the three
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament conte ...
s, in 2011, 2012 & 2013.
On 9 April 2013, it was confirmed that Burton would be moving from
Treviso to
Newport Gwent Dragons for the 2013–14 season.
On 7 May 2013, Burton announced that he would be retiring from International rugby.
''Planet Rugby'' , Burton quits Italy, 7 May 2013
/ref> Burton left the Dragons in July 2014.
References
External links
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Benetton Treviso profile
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1980 births
Australian emigrants to Italy
Living people
Italian rugby union players
Italy international rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
RC Orléans players
Cavalieri Prato players
Benetton Rugby players
Dragons RFC players
Sportsmen from Queensland
Rugby union players from Brisbane
Italian expatriate rugby union players in France
21st-century Australian sportsmen