Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Samuel Burgess
- Born
- Wednesday, 14th December, 1988
- Current Age
- 37 years and 105 days
- Place Of Birth
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Baskerville Shield 2007
- NRL Premiership
- 2014
- Charity Shield - AUS
- 2013
- Peter Frilingos Memorial - Headline Moment of the Year
- 2013
- RLIF Prop Of The Year
- 2013
- Clive Churchill Medal
- 2014
- Dally M Lock Of The Year
- 2014
- RLIF Player Of The Year
- 2014
- National Rugby League Hall Of Fame
- 2024
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Thomas Burgess
- Luke Burgess
- George Burgess
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 26 | 9 | - | - | 36 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 65.38% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Test Series | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Four Nations | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NRL Premiership | 1 | 182 | 44 | 0 | - | 176 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 54.95% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | - | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Super League | - | 80 | 14 | 5 | - | 66 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 53.75% | List | ||||
| Challenge Cup | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.50% | List | ||||
| Super League Finals | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 80 | 14 | 5 | - | 66 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 53.75% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Charity Shield - AUS | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| All Stars | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 297 | 70 | 5 | - | 290 | 182 | 147 | 2 | 61.28% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 2007 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| England | 2008-10, 2013, 2016-18 | 24 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Overall | 2007-2018 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| England | 2008-2013 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| England | 2008-2017 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NRL | 2010 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
England - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Northern Union | 2007 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2010 | 22 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 45.45% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2011 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2012 | 22 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2013 | 22 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 68.18% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2014 | 26 | 10 | 0 | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 40 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 65.38% | List | |
| South Sydney | NRL 2016 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 39.13% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2017 | 21 | 5 | - | - | 20 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2018 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 65.22% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NRL 2019 | 19 | 7 | - | - | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 68.42% | List | ||||
NRL Premiership - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 2010-14, 2016-19 | 182 | 44 | - | / | 1 | 0.00% | - | 176 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 54.95% | List | |
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bradford | 2006 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 77.78% | List | ||||
| Bradford | 2007 | 30 | 3 | 5 | - | 22 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 73.33% | List | ||||
| Bradford | 2008 | 23 | 8 | - | - | 32 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 65.22% | List | ||||
| Bradford | 2009 | 26 | 4 | - | - | 16 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 42.31% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Bradford | 2006-09 | 88 | 17 | 5 | - | 78 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 54.55% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, AJ Lucantonio, Bill Bates
Sources:
Official NRL Website
Your Say
21 May 2024 1:11pm
I believe Sam Burgess is the best forward to play the game for the past fifty years. Perhaps Malcolm Reilly, Bradley Clyde and Ron Coote were as good but not better. I think Sam set the benchmark for what is the prototype of middle forwards for now and going forward. Patrick Cardigan, Joe Tapine, James Fisher-Harris are Tino Fa’asuamaleaui who are the most dominant forwards in our game today are virtually clones of Sam Burgess. He was the best. ????
17 Aug 2025 10:41am
Sam Burgess was the best forward to come out of England bar none.
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