George Burgess is a professional English rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

 of the NRL who plays the position of Prop or Second Row. George is the younger, but bigger, brother of Rabbitohs and England star Sam Burgess

Sam Burgess

Sam Burgess is an English professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League...

 and his twin brother Tom Burgess

Tom Burgess

Thomas Burgess was an English first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire against Essex in Harrogate in 1895...

 still plays for the Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

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Early career

George represented England against the Australian Schoolboys in 2010 whilst playing lower grades and training with the full squad of the Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls

Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....

. George was signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

 to play in the National Youth Competition

National Youth Competition

The National Youth Competition is the official development competition for the Australian National Rugby League. It commenced in 2008. The competition consists of teams from the 16 clubs that presently participate in the NRL competition, fielding squads made up of players between the ages of 17...

 and NRL in the future.

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