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| Joseph "Budgie" Burgess had an absolute cracker of a game on Friday night in Sydney. He scored two tries, the first of which being when he picked up a ball dropped by Canterbury on the South Sydney 20 metre line, and raced 80 metres to score, with Brett Morris chasing him but to no avail. The Australian commentators were ecstatic. They referred to his great length of stride, and how Michael McGuire was excitedly "riding him" all the way from the coaches box. They referred to his great haul of tries for Wigan in 2015, and how he made the Super League Dream Team in 2015. Then Joseph scored his second try in the 79th minute: Cody Miller kicked high into the Canterbury corner, and Joseph with his right arm outstretched, caught the ball high behind him while running, and then brought it down to his chest as he dived over the line to score a beautiful try.
What a pity Joseph Burgess is returning to Wigan. I am sure that South Sydney would like to keep him. If he stayed Joseph "Budgie" Burgess could become one of the star non-Fijian wingers of the NRL, and one of the five best English wingers ever to play in Australia or New Zealand.
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| Yes, it's a treat to watch them these days. That pass round the back from Leilua!
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| Quote: BrisbaneRhino "If Bennett doesn't look at Hodkinson or similar, I'd be sorely tempted to play Hodgson at 7. I can't think of a SL 7 who would do better, which is a damning indictment.'"
Could be an option. Would allow us to get another one of our top hookers in the team and we certainly wouldn't have to hide one of the halves in defence with Hodgson.
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| He'll have to learn how to defend 3rd man from the edge, it's a pretty hard position to defend in. Otherwise a great shout to play him there.
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| Hodgson's biggest problem in defence is the occasional brain fart leading to him rushing out of the line. He misses the odd tackle as he's a smaller hooker, but as a halfback he'd probably be a better defender than any other option. Given the paucity of options at fullback I'd also be tempted to go the whole hog and pick Widdopp there.
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Player Coach | 6809 | ![](images/sitelogos/fullsize/71.png) |
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18302_1567366773.png [b:1crbsr9w] Toulouse for Championship in 2017, Super League in 2021!
Avignon for Championship in 2021, Super League in 2022! [/b:1crbsr9w]:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_18302.png |
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| Quote: BrisbaneRhino "Hodgson's biggest problem in defence is the occasional brain fart leading to him rushing out of the line. He misses the odd tackle as he's a smaller hooker, but as a halfback he'd probably be a better defender than any other option. Given the paucity of options at fullback I'd also be tempted to go the whole hog and pick Widdopp there.'"
So who would be number 6? Samuel Tomkins from Wigan?
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