Thomas Burgess began his career at the Rabbitohs very much in the shadow of brothers Sam and George.But the big Englishman has outlasted his more illustrious brothers and in the win over the Storm on Saturday night, became the third most-capped Rabbitoh of all time.Burgess played his 219th game for the club to overtake Nathan Merritt (218) as third on the club's list behind John Sutton (336) and Adam Reynolds (231).And Burgess celebrated the occasion by making more metres than any forward on the field - despite starting on the bench.After struggling in his early days in the NRL, Thomas is now one of the game's elite front-rowers and still has plenty of petrol in the tank.
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