George Burgess
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And he was traveling around with him as well.
So in that time, it just became very close, you know.
And when he found out he's got a couple of brothers, three brothers back in England who all play footy and all want to have a crack as well, then he had the same idea of putting brothers in a team.
He's like, this is perfect.
So at the same time we had the idea of all playing together, he had the idea of putting brothers in a team and it was this perfect storm of what happened in those few years.
Sam is three years, three and a half years.
And me and Tom are the youngest.
I was playing in the juniors at Bradford Bulls.
Never played first grade.
I was playing under 20s, under 18s.
And I came on a holiday to visit him.
And then that's when Rusty offered me the contract.
We went for a walk from the King's Cross through the botanical gardens into the rocks.
He gave us a full spiel on South Sydney.
and then he's like told us why he wants to put brothers in a team that i don't give a fuck if you can play a good i like you guys but i can coach we can coach you and uh i got he offered me the bottom contract that you can get offered and i said yes straight away i go back to tom said no did he oh really did he he chose to stay in england because he wanted to
The original contract was a part-time contract.
We were full-time in Bradford.