George Burgess

The National Rugby League (NRL) notes that St George Illawarra Dragons player George Burgess has not been selected for tomorrow night's NRL Premiership ...

Coach Anthony Griffin has cut George Burgess from the side to take on Cronulla after the St George Illawarra forward was charged with sexual touching ...

St George Illawarra will name George Burgess in the Dragons' 24-man squad for Thursday night's Round 3 clash against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

The St George Illawarra Dragons have been made aware of a matter involving one of its players by the NRL integrity unit. The Dragons will continue to work closely with all relevant parties, including the NRL integrity unit and police, to determine the next steps surrounding this matter. The Dragons are yet to receive the necessary and required information pertaining to the Burgess matter and therefore cannot come to a decision on the player's availability for Round 3.

Dragons prop George Burgess will not play in Thursday's game against Cronulla despite being named in an extended squad on Tuesday, coach Anthony Griffin ...

That's with his lawyers and the NRL. As of Wednesday, the NRL are undecided as to whether they will enact the no-fault stand down for Burgess. "We are awaiting information from the NRL, we are in the dark as to the information.

Dragons confirm George Burgess won't play in Rd 3 after 'sexual touching' charge.

Griffin said on Wednesday: “It all happened really quickly on Monday afternoon and we haven’t got the information from the NRL whether he [was] going to be stood down or not stood down. From a football point of view, we left him in the squad but it’s going to take a bit longer now I’d understand. It was his 150th NRL game. He’ll come out today and someone else will go in.” “The Dragons are yet to receive the necessary and required information pertaining to the Burgess matter and therefore cannot come to a decision on the player’s availability for Round 3. The Dragons have confirmed that George Burgess will not play in Round 3 after being charged in relation to a ‘sexual touching’ incident.

George Burgess' former model wife has defiantly shared a selfie of the two in response to allegations he sexually touched a woman in a Sydney bar without ...

Burgess has been charged with sexual touching of a woman which carries a sentence of five years - short of the 11-year threshold that triggered the NRL's stand down rule NRL star George Burgess could be free to play in Thursday's round three derby against Cronulla - despite being charged over the alleged sexual touching of a woman (pictured, with his wife Joanna) Burgess was charged with sexual touching of a woman, which carries a sentence of five years - short of the 11-year threshold that triggers the NRL's stand down rule. Joanna Burgess posted a picture to her Instagram story showing the hulking front rower hugging her from behind in an image taken in 2014 - a message of support to Burgess George Burgess' wife has defiantly shared a selfie with the NRL star despite him being charged with groping a woman in a bar. His wife Joanna posted a picture to her Instagram story on Wednesday morning showing the shirtless front rower hugging her in a photo taken in 2014.