About Dave Burnet
Dave Burnet was an Australian rugby union player.
David Ronald Burnet (born 8 September 1950) is an Australian former rugby union international who represented Australia in six Test matches. He also played rugby league for the North Sydney Bears.
Burnet was born in Sydney and attended Knox Grammar School.
A Gordon first-grade player, Burnet was an outside centre and made all of his Wallabies appearances in 1972, debuting in a home series against France. He kept his place for the tour of New Zealand that followed and he played in all three Tests, then scored his only Wallabies try in a one-off Test against Fiji in Suva. He spent one further season at North Sydney, playing another seven first-grade games in 1975.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Dave Burnet. https://biography.guide/dave-burnet/
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