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I'd be Burke not to pick dark blue
Daily Record
|January 23, 2025
SCOTLAND new boy Fergus Burke last night explained why he did not hesitate to say yes when Gregor Townsend came calling - even though he could have chosen to play for England.
The stand-off, 25, was born and bred in New Zealand and his mother is from Dover.
But one of his grandads was born in Edinburgh and raised in Glasgow, so he is eligible for Toony's team.
This story is from the January 23, 2025 edition of Daily Record.
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