2015 RWC sponsors Société Générale's dream team, taking the position of openside flanker. Dismissing any notion of continuing to play for the Springboks in 2016 and beyond, Burger had suggested the commencement of his international retirement after the 2015 RWC Bronze Final. 2016 – Saracens Burger signed a two-year deal to join English Premiership side Saracens prior to the 2016–2017 season. He helped Saracens win the European Champions Cup in 2017 and 2019, featuring in both finals. In December 2018 Burger announced that he would be leaving Saracens at the end of the 2018-2019 season to return to Cape Town. International statistics Test Match record Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Pts = Points Scored Test tries (16) Personal life Burger is the eldest child of Schalk Burger Snr and his wife Myra. He has two younger siblings – brother Tiaan and sister René, who in 2008 gained international attention for speaking out after she was gang-raped. When not playing rugby, Burger lives and works with his family on the Welbedacht Wine Estate near Wellington, Western Cape. After dating for six years, Burger was engaged to Michele de Munck, an interior designer from Cape Town. They married at the Welbedacht Estate on 3 December 2011. The couple had their first child, Schalk Jr, in August 2012, and their second son Nicol was born in March 2014. References External links ESPN Scrum Profile WP rugby Profile Itsrugby – Super 14 stats Barbarians Profile Schalk Burger & Sons Welbedacht Wine Estate Laureus Profile Rugby union flankers South African rugby union players South Africa international rugby union players Stormers players Western Province (rugby union) players Tokyo Sungoliath players World Rugby Players of the Year Rugby union players from Port Elizabeth 1983 births Living people Alumni of Paarl Gimnasium Afrikaner people Barbarian F.C. players South African expatriate rugby union players South African expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Laureus World Sports Awards winners