He was the top try scorer at the Institutional Review Board Sevens tournament in George, South Africa in 2006. He is the son of 3-times capped Bok, Thys Burger. In 2006 he was the top try scorer in the Currie Cup competition.
He played Super 14 Rugby for the Cheetahs in 2007.
He is a Springbok Rugby Sevens player, and represented South Africa at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Burger played Currie Cup rugby for the Free State Cheetahs from 2005 to 2007. Burger won the Currie Cup with the Cheetahs in 2005 and in 2006 (when the Cheetahs shared it with the Bulls). He is in the current squad for the French Club United States of America Perpignan, in the Heineken Cup and Top 14, and was part of the title winning squad in 2008/09.
