Craig Burden

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Craig Burden

| image = Burden 2015.JPG

| fullname = Craig Bruce Burden

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|03|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Durban, South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.84}}

| weight = {{cvt|100|kg|lb}}

| school = Maritzburg College

| university =

| relatives =

| position = Hooker

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2005–2011

| clubs1 = {{Rut|Sharks XV}}

| apps1 = 27

| points1 = 45

| years2 = 2005–2013

| clubs2 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}}

| apps2 = 71

| points2 = 115

| years3 = 2006–2013

| clubs3 = {{Rut|Sharks}}

| apps3 = 47

| points3 = 20

| years4 = 2007–2010

| clubs4 = {{Rut|Sharks Invitational XV}}

| apps4 = 3

| points4 = 5

| years5 = 2013–2015

| clubs5 = {{Rut|Toulon}}

| apps5 = 31

| points5 = 0

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = → {{Rut|Montpellier}}

| apps6 = 3

| points6 = 0

| years7 = 2015–2018

| clubs7 = {{Rut|Stade Français}}

| apps7 = 37

| points7 = 15

| years8 = 2019–2020

| clubs8 = {{Rut|Sharks}}

| apps8 = 8

| points8 = 0

| years9 = 2019

| clubs9 = {{Rut|Sharks (Currie Cup)|CC=y}}

| apps9 = 4

| points9 = 5

| clubupdate = 28 April 2021

}}

Craig Bruce Burden (born 13 May 1985 in Durban, South Africa) is a former rugby union player for the {{Rut|Sharks}} in Super Rugby and the Currie Cup. He attended Maritzburg College in Pietermaritzburg where he played at centre. Between 2006 and 2013, he played as a hooker for the Sharks.

In 2007 Burden attended the High Performance Player's Course at the International Rugby Academy NZ (IRANZ). Burden's Positional Coach was former Auckland Blues player Paul Mitchell and Course Facilitator former ITM Cup Coach for the Wellington Lions Chris Boyd.{{Cite web | url=http://www.thepost.co.za/lambie-back-bismarck-out-1.1274508 |title = The Post}}

He joined French Top 14 side Toulon as a medical joker in 2013.{{cite web | url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Sharks-hooker-off-to-Toulon-20131014 | title=Sharks hooker off to Toulon | work=Sport24.co.za | date=14 October 2013 | accessdate=14 October 2013}}

He joined French Top 14 side Montpellier as a World Cup joker in July 2015.{{in lang|fr}} {{cite web | url=http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/top-14/2014-2015/top-14-craig-burden-plus-qu-un-joker-a-montpellier_sto4829051/story.shtml | title=Top 14 – Craig Burden, plus qu'un joker à Montpellier ?| work=rugbyrama.fr | date=21 July 2015 | accessdate=1 May 2017}}

He joined French Top 14 side Stade Français as a medical joker in November 2015.