George Burgess

Club

_Retired Rugby

Nationality

England

Date of birth

1992-04-22

Birthplace

Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England

Height

194 cm (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

128 kg (20 st 2 lb)

George Burgess (born 21 April 1992) is a retired English professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL.

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs with whom he won the 2014 NRL Grand Final, Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Super League and for the England Knights and England at international level.

Background
Burgess was born on 21 April 1992 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. His father, Mark Burgess who died of Motor neurone disease, was also a rugby league footballer who played for Nottingham City, Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury and Hunslet; whilst his mother Julie is a teacher, currently employed at The Scots College in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. His eldest brother Luke, middle brother Sam, and elder twin brother Tom, are all professional rugby league footballers as well. Burgess attended Castle Hall Academy to receive a secondary education before becoming a professional rugby league footballer.

His twin brother Tom Burgess, and older brothers Sam Burgess and Luke Burgess are also professional rugby league players where they all played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Early career
George represented England against the Australian Schoolboys in 2010 whilst playing lower grades and training with the full squad of the Bradford Bulls. On 1 January 2011 George was signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs to play in the National Youth Competition and NRL in the future.