Burgess has blast

Sam Burgess sensationally blasted Canterbury centre Josh Morris for his reaction to being elbowed in the throat – and any other player for ‘‘milking’’ or ‘‘trying to get a career in Hollywood after playing football’’.

Burgess returns this weekend from a two-week dangerous contact suspension after he was found guilty of raising his elbow into the throat of Morris on Good Friday. The South Sydney powerhouse claimed he had seen 10 similar incidents that had escaped sanction.

Burgess’s wife, Phoebe, even suggested there had been double standards after the NRL posted a video of Manly’s Addin FonuaBlake with what looked like a raised elbow into the throat of Michael Gordon last Sunday week, which was not even penalised.

The Pommy pin-up tried his best to bite his tongue when asked about his suspension but the emotions were still raw.

‘‘If players aren’t rolling around and milking it, or trying to get a career in Hollywood after playing football, then I think we might get some better results,’’ Burgess said.

‘‘I think the reaction of the opposing player [Morris] had a big influence on the result. I made a comment I thought ‘you’re milking it’. It ended up costing me a couple of weeks. I guess they’ll say, ‘well don’t put your elbow there’. That’s football. We play a contact sport … two players going at it, he’s coming into contact, I’m going into contact, there’s a lot of bumps. Get on with it.