Josh Burke's not seen any Group 10 footy and would probably battle to rattle off all nine teams in the competition but the new Orange CYMS gun has one warning for his rivals ahead of the 2019 season.
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Don't run at his mate.
Burke and huge prop Joseph Ualesi were two new additions unveiled by CYMS at the club's season launch on Saturday night and the former, who hails from Campbelltown, says it won't take long for Group 10 to notice the newest green and gold giant up front.
"I played school football with Joseph. I've known him for a long time now and he's excellent to have on board," Burke said of the 195 centimetre, 110 kilogram prop.
"He's very big ... I feel sorry for anyone that's going to run at him."
Ualesi played one NRL game for the Parramatta Eels in 2013 and has largely played with the club's reserve grade side since.
In 2013 he won the club's Steve Ella NYC Player of the Year award but at the end of 2017 his contract wasn't renewed.
Ualesi is expected to help cover the void left by Kyle Frazer after he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament playing touch footy during summer. He'll miss the entire 2019 season.
Burke and Ualesi will travel up from Campbelltown to play with the green and golds this season and Burke says he's looking forward to both the challenge and the change of scenery.
The community seems to really get behind it up here and the old boys are big about the club ... I can't wait to get started.
- New CYMS centre Josh Burke.
The 23-year-old outside back has played the last five seasons with Campbelltown City Kangaroos, a side that finished sixth in 2018 but the year before celebrated a break-through Group Six first grade premiership triumph.
Burke is mates with the injured Frazer and says linking with CYMS has been 12 months in the making.
"He's been hassling me ever since he came up here last year," Burke said of Frazer.
"He keeps saying 'come on, mate, you're coming up here to play football'. I've decided to come up and now he's injured.
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"But (Frazer) said it's the best. He loves it. He's born and bred in Sydney and he's been up here half-a-year and said he's never moving back to Sydney.
"For him to say that, it makes me think this might be home soon."
Burke will likely line-up at centre for his new club and says his biggest strength is his running game.
"That or I'll give it to my winger nice and early and give them plenty of space ... nice and simple," he smiled before touching on his new club.
"I didn't know much about it all up here until last night, but the community seems to really get behind it up here and the old boys are big about the club.
"And I know Michael Sullivan was up here and won a few premierships. I can't wait to get started."
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