Has anyone been keeping tabs on Joe Burgess?

[Cockadoodledoo]

Yeah I woulda thought a guy who is essentially Dally M winger over there could fetch $500k or so (maybe more).

Are you for real? Did you notice Adam Cuthbertson and Zeb Taia are also in their team of the year? Even the real Dally M Winger of the year, Semi Radradra would be lucky to be on half that. Nobody pays Wingers big money.

[Kingsgrove-Loiner]

The 2015 Super League Dream Team is:
1 Zak Hardaker (Leeds Rhinos)
Dream Team appearances: 2 (2014, 2015)
2 Jermaine McGillvary (Huddersfield Giants)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
3 Kallum Watkins (Leeds Rhinos)
Dream Team appearances: 2 (2014, 2015)
4 Michael Shenton (Castleford Tigers)
Dream Team appearances: 2 (2014, 2015)
5 Joe Burgess (Wigan Warriors)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
6 Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants)
Dream Team appearances: 2 (2013, 2015)
7 Luke Gale (Castleford Tigers)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
8 Alex Walmsley (St Helens)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
9 James Roby (St Helens)
Dream Team appearances: 5 (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)
10 Jamie Peacock (Leeds Rhinos)
Dream Team appearances: 11 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015)
11 Zeb Taia (Catalans Dragons)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
12 Liam Farrell (Wigan Warriors)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)
13 Adam Cuthbertson (Leeds Rhinos)
Dream Team appearances: 1 (2015)

We should have thrown a decent amount at Hardaker before he re signed with Leeds. He's a great young full back, the best over there easily, and that includes Tomkins.

[roosterproud]

1. TOUPO
2 BURGESS
3 JENKO
4 FERGO
5 SKIDSY
6 JNR
7 SON OF HORRY
8 JWH
9 FRIENDY
10 MOA
11 BOYD
12 GUERRA
13 SIO
14 LIU
15 MAUBS
16 NAPA
17 KANE.

HERE WE GO 2016

[Thirteen]

I'm sure the coaching staff at Wyong have been.

[Thirteen]

1. TOUPO
2 BURGESS
3 JENKO
4 FERGO
5 SKIDSY
6 JNR
7 SON OF HORRY
8 JWH
9 FRIENDY
10 MOA
11 BOYD
12 GUERRA
13 SIO
14 LIU
15 MAUBS
16 NAPA
17 KANE.

HERE WE GO 2016

Toups panics under pressure, gets pushed back every second time he touches the ball.
I also don't think he would be too good getting down to a grubber kick on the try line.
So no.

[Lydon]

No to Tupou at fullback!

[Parkway_Drive]

Burgess was originally signed before RTS signed with Warriors as the contingency for us probably losing SKD and Toops or one of them. That didn't happen and with the emergence of Elliot plus Manu and Mitchell has raised a conundrum.

If we hung onto RTS and lost both Toops and SKD then it may have been a back 3 of RTS, Burgess and Mitchell

Now he will get into the queue.

Toops as Fullback? Not likely as he would need to direct the team's defence for starters and you don't hear boo from him. Even before we start to talk rolling balls, playing as a second 5/8th , etc , etc....He is an out an out winger.

[Guest]

He's better and younger then Casty.

He's plays wing too which is the most transferable position between the two leagues.

I can remember him signing for only $90,000, so worst case scenario is Wyong get an English international who is on little money.

Surely a young English player who appears to be rated is not signing for the NRL for only $90,000? I would have guessed that our club would have paid that other English fellow a few seasons ago more money than that.

I have not seen "Smokin'" Joe Burgess play before so I will reserve judgement on him.

[roostersrule2]

Surely a young English player who appears to be rated is not signing for the NRL for only $90,000? I would have guessed that our club would have paid that other English fellow a few seasons ago more money than that.

I have not seen "Smokin'" Joe Burgess play before so I will reserve judgement on him.

I just remember it being reported though last time someone asked about I couldn't find the article, although other posters did say they remembered a similar number being reported.

He's not on much over there, something like €11,000 and he may have approached the club as when he was over here for the WCC he fell in love with the Bondi lifestyle.

[The Brain]

Skidsy provides laughs - seriously he should consider making a move to the forwards...Im serious I would be curious to see him have a go there in the trials at least he would make more yards than Guerra ,Maubs and Moa he is good for that
As for Joe Burgess he is young .When he played us in the world club game he wa seither 18 or 19 .He caught my eye and I think I may have said it on here back then that I wish we could sign himm and we did and I am rapped.
It all comes down to him to adjusting to the spped and toughness of the game here may take him a year or because of his youth he may learn quickly.
I am hoping that he turns out to be a good buy he is a try scoring machine etc.I see he has a high error rate but he gets involved a lot too.

[TDK]

I've watched him for a few seasons and he is as freaky as SKD on his great days but like every freak he has a brain explosion every once in a while. He has the speed and size to make a name for himself in the NRL. But my only reservation is about his defence, and can he stand the intensity and brutality of the NRL.

[eddie]

Burgess was originally signed before RTS signed with Warriors as the contingency for us probably losing SKD and Toops or one of them. That didn't happen and with the emergence of Elliot plus Manu and Mitchell has raised a conundrum.
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We put the cart before the horse?

[Ray Stehr]

The thing is Burgess has a ton of pace. We've seen some of our speedsters run down with a free try line in front of them, that won't happen if Burgess gets in the clear, It will be shut the gates no matter who's chasing him. Hopefully he can tackle and show a bit of nous, if he can do that we'll have a goodun.

[Double]

I'll tell you something I noticed that seemed odd to me. Steve Mc was on the official site talking about the Poms.
Right at the end Burgess name comes up and McNamara says 2 or 3 times, "Burgess is an out and out winger", and then tells us he has the skillset of a FB.

Ducks and drakes here me thinks...

http://www.roosters.com.au/news/2015...steve_mcn.html