Nottingham Rugby signs Rory Burke

Nottingham Rugby has confirmed the signing of Munster prop Rory Burke, on a one-year deal.

Th23-year-old will join the Green & Whites for the start of pre-season training next month. He made his PRO12 debut and picked up a British & Irish Cup winners medal with Munster this season. 

Standing at 183cms tall and weighing in at 118kgs, the Cork-born forward played in every game of the Ireland Under-20s’ 2014 Six Nations campaign.

Nottingham Head Coach Ian Costello, who had previously worked with Burke during his time at Munster, was delighted to have added the promising young prop to his squad, and said:

“One of the key targets for us in the off-season was to strengthen our front five, we’ve managed to do that but we felt that we needed a third quality tighthead there to give us the depth to be competitive throughout the season and Rory very much does that.