Tom Burgess

Footballer

Popular As Tom Burgess (rugby league)

Birthday April 21, 1992

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Dewsbury, England

Age 31 years old

Height 196 cm

Weight 120 kg

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1910

In August, against the Wests Tigers, the Burgess Brothers became the first set of four brothers to line up in the same Australian side since Ray, Roy, Rex and Bernard Norman played for Sydney's Annandale club in the 1910 NSWRFL season.

South Sydney won 32-18 at SFS.

Burgess finished his début year in the NRL with 9 appearances.

He joined England's 24-man squad for the World Cup, and played in 2 matches.

Burgess returned to first grade in Round 11.

In Round 21 against the Newcastle Knights at Barlow Park in Cairns, Burgess scored his first NRL try in South Sydney's smashing 50-10 win.

1992

Thomas Burgess (born 21 April 1992) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

He has played for the England Knights, England and Great Britain at international level.

Burgess previously played for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and has played for the World All Stars.

Burgess was born on 21 April 1992 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England.

His father, Mark Burgess who died of Motor neurone disease, was also a rugby league footballer who played for Nottingham City, Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury Rams and Hunslet; while his mother Julie is a teacher, currently employed at The Scots College in Bellevue Hill, Sydney.

Burgess is brother of Luke, and fellow South Sydney Rabbitohs players Sam, and twin-brother George.

Burgess attended Castle Hall Academy to receive a secondary education before becoming a professional rugby league footballer.

He played his junior rugby league for Dewsbury Moor.

Burgess was a product of the Leeds Rhinos junior development system, before moving onto the Bradford Bulls.

2011

Burgess first featured in three of the four pre-season friendlies of the 2011 season, playing against Halifax, the Dewsbury Rams and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

He made his Super League début in Round 8 against the London Broncos off the interchange bench in the Bradford Bulls' 24-22 win.

In Round 20 against the Catalans Dragons, Burgess scored his first Super League try in the Bradford Bulls' 34-28 loss.

Burgess also played in both Challenge Cup games against Halifax and Wigan Warriors, scoring against Halifax.

He played in 20 matches and scored 2 tries in 2011.

2012

He was selected in the England Knights squad for the 2012 European Cup.

Burgess made his Knights début in the 56–4 win over Ireland scoring a try in the process.

In this competition he also featured in the 62–24 win over Scotland.

In Round 15, Burgess made his NRL début for South Sydney against the Parramatta Eels, playing off the interchange bench in the 30-10 win at ANZ Stadium.

2013

On 6 August, it was announced that Burgess had signed a one-year deal with the South Sydney Rabbitohs for 2013, joining brothers Sam, Luke and George.

Burgess scored one try from 25 matches for the season.

2014

He played in the Rabbitohs 2014 NRL Grand Final winning team alongside his twin brother George Burgess, and older brother Sam Burgess.

Burgess is also the younger brother of retired rugby league footballer Luke Burgess.

On 5 October, in South Sydney's 2014 NRL Grand Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Burgess played off the interchange bench in the club's 30-6 victory alongside his brothers George and Sam Burgess.

Burgess finished the season with one try from 17 matches.

Burgess was selected in the English final 24-man squad for the Four Nations series, and played in all 3 matches of the tournament.

2015

On 23 February, Burgess played for South Sydney in the 2015 World Club Challenge match against 2014 Super League Grand Final premiers St. Helens, playing off the interchange bench in the 39-0 win at Langtree Park.

2016

In February 2016, Burgess played in South Sydney's Auckland Nines squad, On 13 February 2016, Burgess played for the World All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars in the 2016 All Stars match, starting at prop in the 12-8 win at Suncorp Stadium.

After missing the first 4 rounds due to injury, in Round 5 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Burgess made his return to the South Sydney team, playing off the interchange bench in the 16-12 win at Brookvale Oval.

In July 2016, it was rumoured that Burgess was being offloaded to other clubs in a clean-out overhaul in their underperforming roster.

Burgess finished the 2016 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches for South Sydney.

2017

Burgess extended his contract with the Rabbitohs to the end of the 2017 season after scoring 2 tries from his 24 appearances.

Burgess scored his first international try in England's 84-4 shellacking win over France at Leigh.

He then played in the end of year test series against New Zealand, appearing in all 3 matches off the interchange bench in England's 2-1 Baskerville Shield series win.

In December, Burgess trialled and trained with NFL teams the Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills after he attracted interest from the clubs.