Luke Burt - Records and Accomplishments

Records and Accomplishments

In a game against Canberra in 2005, Burt scored 28 points (3 tries and 8 goals). That point total matched his previous best and tied the club record for most points in a match.

Debuting at the age of 17 years and 9 months, Burt became the youngest player to play first-grade for the Eels. At the time he was regarded as being the fastest player at the Parramatta club, recording sprint times club insiders said they hadn't seen since the days of Eric Grothe Sr. in the early 1980s.

In round 22 of the regular 2009 NRL season Burt scored a 24 point haul which helped the Pirtek Parramatta Eels secure their fourth straight Telstra Premiership victory, defeating the Newcastle Knights 40–8 at Parramatta Stadium in front of a crowd of 17,669. Luke bagged a double including one disallowed try along with scoring 8 goals from 8 attempts which concluded his best performance of the year.

Burt scored his 100th first grade try for the Eels in the 2009 Preliminary Final against the Bulldogs (Only the second ever Parramatta player to do so behind Brett Kenny).

After some great form in early 2010 Luke was selected to play for the Country Origin side where he scored a try and kicked 6 goals from 6 attempts. In the same season, he became the third player to score 100 tries and 500 goals (after Ryan Girdler and Hazem El Masri)

In 2011, playing against the Cowboys at Parramatta Stadium, Luke Burt equalled then passed Brett Kenny's all time try scoring record for Parramatta (110) with 2 tries, the second try coming with 2 minutes remaining on the clock set up a kick from the touchline to win the match. Luke stepped up and converted his record-breaking try to win the match.

Burt's 1,793 points is the 8th most in first grade history, and the second most for Parramatta.