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'Burgess plan' pays off in Wests Tigers' win against Rabbitohs
March 23, 2014
James Macsmith
Wests Tigers forward leader Aaron Woods says Manly prop Jason King has provided the ideal blueprint on how to defeat South Sydney - get under Sam Burgess' skin.
King's tough treatment of George Burgess had brother Sam hot under the collar in Manly's upset 14-12 NRL win over the Rabbitohs last week, and Woods was at it again in the Tigers' impressive 25-16 victory on Friday night.
In the ninth minute, with Souths enjoying an early 6-0 lead, a Woods tackle on George Burgess, upset Sam who came flying in to deal with the NSW representative and was lucky not to be sin-binned for his actions.
Woods said the incident was a turning point.
''Sam came running in, he overreacted, George wants to keep pushing forward when he is on his knees so you have to fold him back and win the ruck,'' Wood said.
''If Sam wants to tackle for no reason, we got the penalty and that's what turned the game.
''Everybody talks up the four Burgess brothers and we wanted to put it on them early.
''Everybody talks about their four brothers, we have 17 here so we don't really care about them.
''They wanted to carry on a bit once we got in their faces. I think Manly showed the way to play against them last week, so we just took that from their books.''
Woods said his renewed partnership with fellow prop Keith Galloway was instrumental in the win.
''We just said we didn't want to take a backward step if they want to put it on, we put it back on them,'' he said.
March 23, 2014
James Macsmith
Wests Tigers forward leader Aaron Woods says Manly prop Jason King has provided the ideal blueprint on how to defeat South Sydney - get under Sam Burgess' skin.
King's tough treatment of George Burgess had brother Sam hot under the collar in Manly's upset 14-12 NRL win over the Rabbitohs last week, and Woods was at it again in the Tigers' impressive 25-16 victory on Friday night.
In the ninth minute, with Souths enjoying an early 6-0 lead, a Woods tackle on George Burgess, upset Sam who came flying in to deal with the NSW representative and was lucky not to be sin-binned for his actions.
Woods said the incident was a turning point.
''Sam came running in, he overreacted, George wants to keep pushing forward when he is on his knees so you have to fold him back and win the ruck,'' Wood said.
''If Sam wants to tackle for no reason, we got the penalty and that's what turned the game.
''Everybody talks up the four Burgess brothers and we wanted to put it on them early.
''Everybody talks about their four brothers, we have 17 here so we don't really care about them.
''They wanted to carry on a bit once we got in their faces. I think Manly showed the way to play against them last week, so we just took that from their books.''
Woods said his renewed partnership with fellow prop Keith Galloway was instrumental in the win.
''We just said we didn't want to take a backward step if they want to put it on, we put it back on them,'' he said.
