Braidon Burns


Braidon Burns is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL.

Background

Burns was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Indigenous Australian descent.
He played his junior rugby league for the Coonamble Bears. He was then signed by the Penrith Panthers.

Playing career

Early career

In 2015 and 2016, Burns played for the Penrith Panthers' NYC team. In August 2016, he signed a two-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs starting in 2017.

2017

In round 2 of the 2017 NRL season, Burns made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. In round 6 against Penrith, Burns endured a horror night after dropping multiple bombs from Nathan Cleary. Souths went on to win the match 21-20. Burns played the following week but then was left out of the side for eight weeks until managing to be recalled to the starting lineup for Souths round 15 clash against the Gold Coast.

2018

Burns made his first appearance of the season for Souths in the round 4 Good Friday match against Canterbury. Burns made a total of five appearances for Souths in 2018 but spent the majority of the season playing in reserve grade for North Sydney and did not feature in Souths finals campaign.

2019

Burns played a total of nine games for South Sydney in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished third on the table at the end of the regular season. Burns did not play in South Sydney's finals campaign.

2020

In round 8 of the 2020 NRL season, Burns was taken from the field during South Sydney's victory over Canterbury. It was later revealed that Burns had suffered a dislocated knee and would be ruled out for the season.