the only place burgess will be going if he goes anywhere is down under! cant get over how big and strong he is! what a freak,yeah he did knock it on a lot but when he dident he teared us up.one of bradfords best players id say

You do know you got a SL licence right? Hull look awesome next year. The other teams in the 6 above them won't fall out of the 8 so that leaves 1 place. Finish above Hull KR, Cas, Bradford and Salford and its yours. Good luck with that!

So where does it make us any different from you then, or are we not allowed ambition - jog on.

No doubt about that and freak is the right word. To be that muscled up and powerfull at that age is not natural except it would appear in the Burgess family! If you compared him to Amor and Gledhill who I believe are both a bit older it's even more frightening. It also highlights how physically under developed our young players are which has been mentioned as an issue on here.

Gledhill looks slightly smaller if anything than he did two years ago as does Amor. I can understand the keep em trim logic that Sanctuary exposes for the backs though I don't agree with it. However I can't think of a time when it was ever considered good policy to keep your props over lean.

Without igniting a race debate I have never seen a young English player quite that muscular, this is normally the domain of South Sea Islanders etc. Is there is secret past in the Burgess family?

Maybe the other forwards just can't get a look in with Hickey and Higgins at feeding time?