following his brothers down to us. Any truth to this?

Post the link & we'll maybe respond.

mirror.co.uk/sport/sport-front-page/2011/01/28/leeds-rhinos-star-luke-burgess-is-out-to-impress-in-the-last-year-of-his-contract-as-he-eyes-a-move-to-australia-115875-22880570/

Unless the Mirror is like Tellucrap in Sydney

Reported in the Yorkshire Evening Post - 24th December 2010


To sum up - Burgess is out of contract at the end of 2011, he's keeping his options open, he's concentrating on having a good season first.

Pretty standard stuff - nothing to see here (at the moment.)

I think once Luke can be impressive and develop, week-in - week-out in Super League for Leeds, a move to the NRL would sound more logical.

He needs a big year and hope he can produce.

I know props mature later, but I would question the lack of improvement over the last 3 or 4 seasons, he has just been at a moderate level.

2011 could be a defining year in Luke's career.

I like Burgess (Luke) but he does seen to have plateaued regarding his skill set/ work rate. Sam is in a different class to Luke at the moment and he’d really need to up his game this year if he’s seriously looking at an NRL first team spot.

Don't think he's good enough for the NRL personally.

ryan tandy was a regular in the super duper NRL.


i rest my case

dont think he is in the same class as sam, but I am sure Luke wants to give it a shot

36 NRL appearances in 8 years (2003-2010) suggest he's not a regular.



More like a shopping bag from Aldi or Netto, I'd say.

Oh dear Keith, you get worse.



He was an NRL regular certainly last season, no matter what you want to dredge up.

Strange timescale - he'd have struggled to play in the NRL whilst at Hull KR, Doncaster, Widnes, Whitehaven and Barrow.

Which emphasises the point - he's not very good, but has managed to get a gig at two of the big NRL clubs in the last couple of years, which suggests Luke Burgess could too.

I think in a salary capped sport such as ours any player has a chance of a move to the NRL. But then it will all come down to how much you want to play in the NRL. If Burgess was happy to go to the NRL on a very cheap contract then I would suspect he'd get snapped up purely because he would fit well into a roster. Maybe not always in the first team but more a back-up but given his chance he could then stake a claim

I F**king hat threads that have a title like this, its so F**king cheesy!!

Neither is Worrincy Matt, but he's somehow got himself a club!