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This is the inspiration the Burgess brothers bring to South Sydney.
There was a moment just before kick off on Friday night when the doctors told Michael Maguire that Sam Burgess was out of the game.
The leader of the Rabbitohs pack had been forced back into the rooms during warm up suffering back spasms.
The Rabbitohs celebrate a try. Source: Getty Images
"It was a fairly inspirational effort that Sammy put out there," Maguire said in the aftermath of the 32-10 win over the Wests Tigers.
"He came in off the warm up and the doctor and physios sort of said: 'I don't think he is going to be playing tonight'.
"And Sammy just said: 'I will be out there'.
"Right down to one minute before running out Sammy was trying to get himself right."
South Sydney's Kyle Turner scores a try. Source: News Corp Australia
And so out he went, and he led from the front all night.
With his three brothers George, Tom and Luke by his side, he never stopped charging.
And by the end of the night these boys from the tiny town of Dewsbury in the north of England had wrote another chapter in their phenomenal rugby league story.
It was just the second time all four had played in an NRL game together and didn't they make their presence felt in the six tries to two demolition.
Pat Richards of the Tigers drops the ball close to the try line. Source: Getty Images
Sam finished with a game high 165 metres and 16 tackles and even though George left the field midway through the second half with syndesmosis, by that stage he had already bulldozed through 134 metres from 16 runs.
Tom made 110m, Luke 62m.
It must have felt like a bad dream for the Tigers as they ran one after the other, all night.
Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum you could call them, living proof size does matter in this game.
George Burgess of the Rabbitohs fumbles the ball. Source: Getty Images
And while George will now go for scans to determine the extent of his syndesmosis, Maguire said next week's bye couldn't have come at a better time for Souths who went into the game without Dylan Walker, Bryson Goodwin and Greg Inglis who limped off to Origin camp in a moon boot.
And that was the most pleasing aspect for Maguire on Friday night, the way they worked so hard for each other.
Not just the Burgess boys, but the whole team.
Kirisome Auva'a of the Rabbitohs congratulates team mate Kyle Turner after he scored. Source: Getty Images
"They (the Burgess boys) see themselves as a big part of this team and we are all part of the team," Maguire said.
"The character that we built from last week and I guess we have been building for a while.
"We just have to keep at it."
On Friday night they finished six tries to two winners.
Young back rower Kyle Turner bagged a double, as did excitement machine Alex Johnston.
What a player.
South Sydney's Sam Burgess is tackled. Source: News Corp Australia
For his second try he went to dummy half for a settler and 65 metres later Souths were celebrating the match-turning play.
The Tigers had gone to the break down 12-0 but an early second half try to Blake Austin gave them a whiff of hope.
But from nothing, Johnston went bang, like a rocket.
"We were right back in the hunt, six points adrift," Mick Potter said.
"That just breaks your heart."
Kirisome Auva'a of the Rabbitohs is taken into touch. Source: Getty Images
Penalties, cheap turnovers, players tackled into touch on the first play on several occasions, it all took its toll on the Tigers last night.
"You just cannot do that against a quality team," Potter added.
"I know they had a few wounded but they've still got some big people in the middle of the field, they have still got some key players to get them around the park and they showed what a quality team they are.
"I thought the score was a reflection of how the game went. No disrespect to our team, we tried as hard as we possibly could but you can't hand over possession like we did."
SOUTH SYDNEY 32 (A Johnston 2 K Turner 2 N Merritt tries A Reynolds 6 goals) bt WESTS TIGERS 10 (B Austin J Tedesco tries P Richards goal) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gerard Sutton, Gavin Morris. Crowd: 20,721.
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