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 Maccabiah Games population. However, despite this there have often been six or seven sides competing at the Maccabiah Games. Teams tend to be from the major English speaking nations (with the exception of NZ and Ireland), but teams from France, Chile and Uruguay have also competed. The Israel team is unique in being the only full national side at the Maccabiah, and which can contain non-Jewish Israeli players. Maccabiah rugby started at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, and has been played continually ever since. Rugby is played in many countries with sizable Jewish populations, notably France, the British Commonwealth and the USA. It