Boys and Their Balls - Part 33

 The Burgess Brothers

The Burgess brothers are big in the world of rugby.  And they're just plain big.  From left: George (or Tom; they're identical twins), Luke, Kelvin Fletcher, Sam, and Tom (or George).  Fletcher, who is an English soap opera star and Sam's best friend, is not small (he's 5' 9" tall), but the Burgess brothers are all 6' 4" and 6' 5".

The brothers were born in England, where their father was a rugby player and coach.  All played for various rugby teams in England and then Australia.  Tom is still playing; the others are retired.  In 2013 and 2014, all four were playing for the same team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Luke, the oldest, was born in 1987.  This photo of Luke promotes the brothers' line of clothing, 4B (for 4 brothers).  Yes, they're famous enough to have a line of clothing.

None of the brothers are gay, though you'd never guess it from this photo of Luke (at right) kissing Rabbitohs teammate Ben Ross.  That looks to me like more than just a congratulation peck for a winning game.

Sam is the next oldest, born in 1988.  All of the brothers played great rugby, but Sam was a superstar.  His nickname was "Slammin' Sam."  This is an Instagram photo posted by his wife Phoebe in 2018.  I don't know what the occasion was.

In 2021, Sam was a contestant on the reality show SAS Australia.  Here, Sam changes clothes after a dip in a lake.

Here's a clip from the show, with Sam stripping to take a cold-water bucket shower.

And here's his second bucket shower.  They blurred the frontal view of him, but the rear view is nice.

Younger brothers Tom and George are twins, born in 1992.  Here Tom is getting his balls waxed, supposedly to benefit a prostate cancer charity.

I'm a little fuzzy about how getting your balls waxed can benefit a charity, but if it involves exposing your balls to the public, I'm all for it.

Now to rip off the wax.  That's gotta hurt.

Tom tries to show a smiling face afterwards, but it looks more like a grimace.

But twin brother George wins the prize for greatest exposure.  In 2013, two selfies of George were leaked on Twitter and quickly went viral.  You can see why his nickname is "Gorgeous George."

Here's his second leaked selfie.  His brothers and teammates on the South Sydney Rabbitohs rallied to his defense, figuring that it was just a case of being young, dumb, and full of ... well, you know.