Shaun Berne
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Shaun Berne born 8 January 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
is a rugby union
player for Leinster Rugby
in the Magners League.
Berne joined Leinster Rugby from Bath where he enjoyed two successful spells (between 1999–2001 and 2006–09). In total he made 119 appearances for Bath in all competitions (totalling 282 points), including 27 European caps. An older brother of former Leinster centre Michael, the Sydney born back was capped on five occasions by Australia 'A'. He made 38 Super 12 appearances for the NSW Waratahs, scoring 57 points (including 6 tries) between 2003–06. He also represented Australia Under-21 on two occasions in 1999 and the Barbarians in 2000.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
is a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player for Leinster Rugby
Leinster Rugby
Leinster Rugby, usually referred to simply as Leinster, is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Dublin, representing the Irish province of Leinster, that competes in the RaboDirect Pro 12 and also competes in the Heineken Cup...
in the Magners League.
Berne joined Leinster Rugby from Bath where he enjoyed two successful spells (between 1999–2001 and 2006–09). In total he made 119 appearances for Bath in all competitions (totalling 282 points), including 27 European caps. An older brother of former Leinster centre Michael, the Sydney born back was capped on five occasions by Australia 'A'. He made 38 Super 12 appearances for the NSW Waratahs, scoring 57 points (including 6 tries) between 2003–06. He also represented Australia Under-21 on two occasions in 1999 and the Barbarians in 2000.