Freddie Burns is a fly-half for Gloucester Rugby and occasional fullback.

Freddie has represented England at under 20 level and played in the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship

2010 IRB Junior World Championship

The 2010 IRB Junior World Championship was the third annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, this competition replaced the now defunct under 19 and under 21 world championships. The event was organised by rugby's governing body, the International Rugby Board...

 in Argentina in 2010.

Burns is a former pupil of Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School

Beechen Cliff School is a boys' secondary school in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in 1896, it has 1,145 students aged 11 to 18.There are around 830 boys in years 7 to 11 and a co-educational sixth form of over 200 students...

 in Bath.

Gloucester

On June 6, 2008 Burns was announced as part of the intake to Gloucester Rugby's academy, joining from Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...

's academy.
On 30 June 2009, Gloucester Rugby announced that Burns was one of a number of academy players to sign senior contracts.
In January 2010 he re-signed with Gloucester, committing himself until the end of the 2011/12 season.

Burns came in for Gloucester in the game against Biarritz Olympique

Biarritz Olympique

Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Aquitaine which competes in the Top 14 and the Heineken Cup...

 and got a conversion. In the next game he made his first start at fullback at Kingsholm against Australia. In this game he scored a try. In the following match he was once again selected at fullback and he scored two penalties against the Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....

. However next game Olly Morgan

Olly Morgan

Oliver Morgan is a rugby union footballer who plays at fullback for Gloucester and England.-2004–05:Morgan made 2 appearances for Gloucester during his debut season...

 replaced Burns at fullback and Burns made a start at fly-half. Burns then scored all of his clubs points with two converted tries. Burns has since played many games at fly-half and fullback including a recent (April 2010) performance against Saracens. In this game he was named the man of the match as a reward for his outstanding kicking from hand, Goal kicking and composure under the high ball. The highlight of this match was when Burns chipped over a rushing Saracen defence allowing Charlie Sharples

Charlie Sharples

Charlie Sharples is an English rugby union footballer, currently playing in the Guinness Premiership for Gloucester. He plays as a wing....

to score a vital try in the corner.