Louise Burrows

Louise Burrows (née Cooke; born 11 March 1978) is a former Australian rugby union player. She represented at four Rugby World Cups — 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2017.

Rugby career Burrows played her first game of rugby at a School Girls Gala Day in 1994. In 1995, she joined the Royals Rugby Union club in Canberra when she was 17. She also played her first representative game for the ACT women’s rugby team that year.

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.

She competed for at the 2002 and 2006 Women's Rugby World Cups. She played her last test at the 2017 World Cup against Canada.

She was inducted in the University of Canberra’s new Sport Walk of Fame in 2022. She and her husband, Mick, have two children, Fletcher and Georgie.

She completed a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree at the University of Canberra in 2008.