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Full name
  
Joe Burgess

Position
  
Wing

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Height
  
1.95 m

Weight
  
98 kg (15 st 6 lb)

2013–15
  
Wigan Warriors

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Born
  
14 October 1994 (age 22) Wigan (
1994-10-14
)

Similar
  
Tom Burgess, Josh Charnley, Sam Burgess

Profiles

Joe Burgess (born 14 October 1994) is an English rugby league player. He currently plays for Wigan Warriors, having previously had an earlier spell for Wigan in the Super League and the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. His usual position is wing.

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Wigan Warriors

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Burgess joined Wigan Warriors' academy at the age of 16 from local club Ince Rose Bridge. He played a crucial part in the U19s success in the 2013 season, scoring 24 tries in just 18 appearances. For his efforts he was rewarded with 2 appearances in Super League in 2013, making his debut and scoring a try against Hull F.C..

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In the 2014 season he established himself as Wigan Warriors' first choice winger, partially because of Josh Charnley's absence. This despite being so surprised at being asked to train with the first team at the start of the season that he made an offensive remark over the phone to coach Shaun Wane, believing it to be a prank. On 4 April 2014, he scored 4 tries during a 52-8 victory over Dewsbury Rams. Burgess enjoyed a fantastic rookie season for the Warriors with 22 tries (17 Super League, 4 Challenge Cup, 1 World Club Challenge) from 24 games. He also marked his first taste of Super League playoff action with a try each in all three of Wigan's playoff contests. First he scored a length of the field try in Wigan's 57-4 week one demolition of the Huddersfield Giants on 18 September 2014 after catching a high ball close to his own try line and sprinted to the opposition try line to score. Then on 3 October 2014, he would score the winning try in the dying minutes of the semi final at home against the Warrington Wolves to break a 12-12 tie and send Wigan through to the 2014 Super League Grand Final with a 16-12 win. Then in the Grand Final on 11 October 2014 against archrivals St. Helens he scored a try just before half time to edge Wigan 6-2 in front despite the Warriors being down to 12 men just two minutes in, but Saints would ultimately win the contest 14-6.

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After the 2014 Super League season, Burgess was selected in the England team for the 2014 Four Nations held in Australia and New Zealand however he did not play a match.

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In 2015, Burgess earned a place in the Super League Dream Team and another call-up to the England squad for their test series against New Zealand. Burgess made his debut for England in a test match, before the series, against France which saw Burgess score a try in England's win over their opponents.

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In 2016, Burgess joined the Sydney Roosters. Midway through the 2016 season it was announced that Burgess would be returning to Wigan in 2017. Burgess scored a try on his second debut for Wigan on February 11 against Salford Red Devils as the Warriors opened their defence of their Super League title with a 26-16 win. Burgess would also score a hat trick as Wigan won the World Club Challenge for a record fourth time as they defeated the Cronulla Sharks 22-6 on February 19, becoming the second player in the history of the competition to score a hat trick in the game.

Sydney Roosters

Before the 2015 season began, Burgess confirmed he would be heading to Australia in 2016 to play in the National Rugby League with the Sydney Roosters on a three-year contract. On his debut, he scored both Roosters tries in their 42–10 loss to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

In June 2016 it was announced that Burgess had completed a mid season transfer to the Rabbitohs for the remainder of the 2016 season.

Wigan Warriors

Burgess will return to Wigan in 2017 after the Roosters agreed to grant a release.

References

Joe Burgess Wikipedia