Bullock looks great with ball in hand but I think think Burgess is after a lot more work out of the middles off the ball. The last
few weeks Harrison and Philbin have put in quite a few lung busting runs to put pressure on kickers. It is that extra effort stuff. One thing with Bullock is that he is very North to South. He sort of struggles with lateral movement in defence. You notice it when he is defending and the opposition have passed the ball along the line he sort of relaxes rather than continues to push across.
You can sometimes see hesitation from Bullock when there are already 2 defenders in the tackle he is weighing it up, should I put the effort in as third man or should I just go back to the line. I reckon Burgess would prefer the just get stuck in and still get back to the line
think it is those sort of areas where he just needs to do those little things a bit more often rather than just once every now and again. He is a big unit but rather than trying to conserve energy might be better if he ran around like a mad man for 12-15 mins rather than try to pace yourself to do 22 mins.
When it comes to players playing in the middle of the park I guess Burgess knows what should be expected.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63531/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63531/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel

PS Can admin please sort this site out - links are not working when added as URL.  https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63511/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel Be careful I got a 72 hour ban when they were trialing this new site couple of months back for complaining how bad it is. I've just seen this and wasn't aware. There's obviously been/still are some glitches, but think the end product will be better.

PS Can admin please sort this site out - links are not working when added as URL.  https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63511/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel Be careful I got a 72 hour ban when they were trialing this new site couple of months back for complaining how bad it is. I've just seen this and wasn't aware. There's obviously been/still are some glitches, but think the end product will be better.

I suppose one thing we can celebrate about our pack being so nice is that we are currently doing very well on the disciplinary front.


It's probably the opposite scenario to what you'd expect for a team coached by Sam Burgess.

I'm amazed Harry Smith didn't get punished for taking off that Hudds players head.  2 mins in  https://youtu.be/EyLV2B3PsFE?t=128 Not even a penalty. Last year it would have been "it's with force, there is no mitigation, you're off". That's why the RFL is a joke.

I'm amazed Harry Smith didn't get punished for taking off that Hudds players head.  2 mins in  https://youtu.be/EyLV2B3PsFE?t=128 Not even a penalty. Last year it would have been "it's with force, there is no mitigation, you're off". That's why the RFL is a joke.

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63569/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63569/disciplinary-%7C-match-review-panel