Mike Burton (rugby union) Mike Burton (rugby union) Michael Alan "Mike" Burton (born 18 December 1945 in Maidenhead) is a former English rugby union footballer, who won a reputation as an uncompromising prop forward for Gloucester, England and the British and Irish Lions. Burton arrived at Kingsholm from the local club Longlevens RFC and made his debut in the Gloucester front row at the age of 18 on 14 November, 1964. He went on to make 366 appearances before retiring in 1978. He was captain of Gloucester in the 1975 season and played 50 times at provincial level for Gloucestershire including 39 appearances in
Rugby union at the Pacific Games was for national rugby union teams (15-a-side). The first two events in 1963 and 1966 were played as round-robin competitions only and, as such, did not include finals. ! rowspan="2" style="padding:2px;"|Games ! rowspan="2" style="width:5.7em;"|Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:5.7em;"|Host city !colspan=3|Final ! |Third Place ! rowspan="2" style="width:3em;" |Ref ! style="width:11.3em;"|Gold ! style="padding:2px;"|Score ! style="width:10.3em;"|Silver ! style="width:10.3em;"|Bronze Rugby union at the Pacific Games Rugby union at the Pacific Games has been contested since 1963 when included as one of ten sports at the first games held in Suva, Fiji. Rugby sevens is the form of rugby now played at the Pacific Games, with