The Channel Nine team in Australia has announced that in the breathtaking and epic contest between the two best club teams in the world, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Sydney Roosters, the best player on the field, and winner of the KFC Man of the Match, was George Burgess from Dewsbury. This, taken in the context of James Graham's leadership of Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs, is a further sign of the dominance of English front rowers in the competitive world of rugby league.

George Burgess scored a great solo try and almost got a second. He was the totally dominant front rower in the match.

It should be noted that the famous Channel Nine commentator Peter Sterling was heard to declare: "Sam Who?" Later he added that the baton had been passed from Sam to George.

Two other Englishmen --- Samuel Tomkins for the New Zealand Warriors and Joshua Hodgson from the Canberra Raiders --- are playing an important role for their respective clubs in a subsequent match being held in Canberra. Tomkins made a great break running 70 metres before being tackled. In the ensuing play his winger Manu Vatuvei scored.

I hadn't watched the Souths game before reading your topic, you made it pretty obvious who won.

He played well. Hodgson is doing better than expected but his defence is being found out a bit. Tomkins had his best game for warriors since joining them. Cooper is avg. read is not playing well at moment. Tom burgess is improving but not as good as george. Luke is avg.

Samuel Tomkins was on the shortlist for the prestigious Mazda BT-50 Man of the Match, worth $1,000. Unfortunately the judges baulked at giving two prizes in one afternoon to Englishmen, and at the last minute gave it to a sombre Kiwi named Benjamin Matulino. But that should not detract from the fact that Samuel Tomkins's attacking thrusts made him the key player in setting up 2 of the 3 Warriors tries.

Surely if you didn't want to know the result of a game before you watched it, you shouldn't have gone on to a rugby league website?

Cooper's better than average, at least as far as the Dragons pack is concerned.

Michael Cooper is not average, and I am not comparing him with the other Dragons forwards, but rather with the NRL standard in general. He is a good player. Not a champion like Greg Inglis or Johnathan Thurston. Not even a very good player like Jesse Bromwich or George Burgess, but nevertheless a good player. Cooper is a quality level better than Lucas Burgess, who is definitely average.

Huh? He's made 59 tackles and missed 3. His defence is fine. He actually pulled off a one-on-one strip last night too.

Hodgson has been very impressive in both games. Seems to have slotted in seamlessly and confidently

Another brother?

If you're continung with your inane changing of people's actual given name at birth at least get it right numb nuts, the oldest original version is from Greek not Latin.. 'Loukas'

can you please stop quoting "Jeanie Crapdozey" I have him on Ignore for a reason

Shouldn't that be Gregory? You also missed a Samuel from the first post. Stop slacking.