Rabbitohs star Tom Burgess has revealed his final move before he leaves the NRL club after 12 seasons. Picture: NRL Photos
Departed South Sydney Rabbitohs player Tom Burgess, who has signed up to the Super League Club Huddersfield on a three-year deal, isn’t saying goodbye to Sydney.
He’s signalled he and wife, model Tahlia Giumelli, won’t be selling their Sutherland Shire home.
They will instead be seeking a tenant for the Woolooware property, which has four bedrooms plus a study.
Burgess, 32, who was the last of the Burgess brothers to pull on the red and green, advised his plans when speaking to the media ahead of his 249th and final game.
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Tom Burgess and Tahlia Giumelli will be renting out their Cronulla family home as he heads overseas with a three-year UK contract. Picture: realestate.com.au
They bought the Woollooware home for $1,282,500 in 2021, then started work on its makeover. Picture: realestate.com.au
Just in time for spring.
For rent, not sale.
They lost 28-36 to the Sydney Roosters in their final game of the season last week but Burgess scored a try and landed a conversion.
“I’m renting my house out so I’m not selling it,” he advised.
“I’m leaving my house up for rent so if anyone wants to rent a house in Cronulla …” Burgess told reporters earlier this week.
“I’ve made a home for myself here,” he said as he reflected on his time since migrating in 2012.
“I’m definitely not sailing off. I think that’s where our base is now, over in the Shire. We’ve got kids now, we’ll be coming back for sure.”
Houses in Woolooware typically rent for $1297, reflecting an annual rental yield of 3.1 per cent. PropTrack puts the median four-bedroom house rental at $1550 a week, with 27 leased over the past year.
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Tom Burgess and Tahlia Giumelli. Picture: Justin Lloyd
Burgess said a return to the Rabbitohs was “definitely on the cards”. But Burgess doesn’t see himself in a head coach role like his brother Sam, head coach at Super League club Warrington Wolves.
The couple, now with three children, married in 2022, having met in 2016.
They bought the Woollooware home for $1,282,500 in 2021, then started work on its makeover. Tahlia created an Instagram account for the renovation, Building With The Burgesses, which quickly gathered 7000 followers.
The couple welcomed their first child, Sophie, in 2019 when they were living at Little Bay. The current home was bought after the birth of their second daughter, Elodie, in 2020. Their son Alfie was born last month.
Tom, the last of the Burgesses to get on the property ladder in Sydney, is the joint-youngest of the four brothers, along with his twin George.
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