2014 Premiership winner George Burgess on fighting Nelson Asofa-Solomona and his brother Sam’s famous 2014 Grand Final hit-up

About this episode

George Burgess discusses his upcoming fight and reflects on his brother's pivotal moment in the 2014 Grand Final.

South Sydney Premiership winner George Burgess joins The Run Home with Joel and Scope to preview his upcoming fight with Nelson Asofa-Solomona and share insight into why his brother Sam took the opening hit-up in the 2014 Grand Final. 00:00 – Could’ve Been Clive 02:00 – Why Sam Burgess Took the First Hit-Up in the 2014 Grand Final 03:00 – How the Fight with NAS Came About 05:00 – Where His Boxing Inspiration Comes From 06:30 – How He Got Into Acting 09:30 – Playing Alongside Alex Johnston & His Rise Since 10:30 – Battling MND 14:30 – Sam Burgess on Super League Coaching 17:30 – Being Coached by Madge & Is the Broncos Noise Justified? Listen to The Run Home with Joel and Fletch live every weekday: 3pm AEST on SEN 1170 AM Sydney and SEN 693 AM Brisbane Listen Online: ⁠⁠https://www.sen.com.au/listen⁠⁠ Subscribe to The Run Home YouTube Channel ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@JoelandFletchSEN⁠⁠ Follow us on Social Media! TikTok⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@joelfletchsen⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/joelfletchsen⁠⁠ X: ⁠⁠https://x.com/joelfletchsen⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joel, Fletch

Guest: George Burgess

Topics covered

• boxing
• rugby
• 2014 Grand Final
• South Sydney
• family
• coaching

Keywords

• George Burgess
• Nelson Asofa-Solomona
• Sam Burgess
• 2014 Grand Final
• boxing
• rugby
• South Sydney
• coaching

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Organizations: SEN

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