Wigan Warriors forward Liam Farrell has paid tribute to George Burgess after his former England team-mate underwent surgery on a potentially career-ending injury.
Former South Sydney Rabbitohs prop Burgess left Wigan earlier this year due to a serious hip problem which wrecked his debut campaign at the club in 2020.
He was at Thursday’s home game against Castleford Tigers ahead of a hip operation in London on Friday and has not ruled out playing again in the future.
Burgess spoke to Adrian Lam’s squad at pitchside after Thursday’s win and second-rower Farrell told Rugby League Live: “George has got to get his hip sorted out and he will be doing that now. “He spoke to us as a group and was saying thank you to the club, which was a nice
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