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George Burgess

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622 total appearances

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

And he's been in coots with the NRL about getting this roundup as well, but...

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

like we don't have to copy what the afl did but we can do something different something that's league you know what what can we do that's for for league you know and fun and uh something that everyone can get behind so it doesn't have to be a big freeze we're not in melbourne yeah it could be something else it could be a surfing thing like it could be anything like but it's definitely something there that we can do

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

For sure.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

100%.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

And even to build on the great work that Neil Daniel has done, he's raised over $100 million in the last 13 years.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

That's incredible.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

And same thing with Robbie Burrows and Kevin Sinfield.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

These are my heroes growing up.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

Kevin Sinfield, Rob Burrows, I played with them for England and they've raised millions and millions of pounds.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

Did you play with Rob?

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

yeah so my england debut we were on the bench together and i grew up watching him play in the stands yeah as a kid so my england debut we sat on the bench together it was such a surreal moment and then to find out he had neurone disease was stabbing the heart and then it feels like you know carl webb you know we've gotten like all these people close to us it feels like it's personal now and i'm up for the fight

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

and uh yeah i mean going through what we went through with our dad was was so hard and we thought by now 18 years later we might have had some more progression i mean don't get me wrong there is we are getting closer and closer to finding what causes it but um finding a cure is the next thing

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

And, yeah, like I said, Jai is going to be the catalyst and we're all going to be there pushing him forward and being right behind him on his battle.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

I can't promise too much, but what I can promise you is that when I step in the ring, I'll be well-trained.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

I'll be well-prepared.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

I don't know what's going to happen.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

Nelson doesn't know what's going to happen.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

But that's scary for him as well.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

And yeah, he's going to get some punishment in there.

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#892 - All Talk with George Burgess

I'm there to cause him some serious harm.