Cyril Thomas Burke BEM (7 November 1925 – 18 January 2010)[2] was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative scrum-half who made twenty-six Test[1] appearances for the Wallabies between 1946 and 1956.

His Australian representative debut was made against the All Blacks at Eden Park in 1946[1] and the following year he played in two domestic Tests against New Zealand when they toured Australia.

He was selected in the 1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles, Ireland, France and North America where he played in all five Tests.

[3] He made seven overseas rugby tours including New Zealand in 1949 and South Africa in 1953 and met those same nations as well as the British and Irish Lions in several Test series played in Australia.

[7] The Cyril Burke Medal was named in his honour, and is presented annually to the top player in the New South Wales First Division.