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
Victoria Cup (rugby union) from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, so the East Africa team selects players from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Victoria Cup (rugby union) The Victoria Cup is a rugby union cup contested between Zimbabwe and Kenya. Just like the Bledisloe Cup between Australia and New Zealand. The competition is named after Lake Victoria in Kenya and Victoria Falls which were named in honour the reigning Queen Victoria and her great grandmother Initially, each team would play each other home and one away with the winner the side that scored the most points. After the fixture became integrated as part of the