IF Queensland can get Greg Inglis for Origin even though he lists the Bowraville Tigers as his junior club, why can't NSW make a case to adopt Sam and George Burgess? Up against the Australian starting props last night, the two giant Englishman did what they have been doing to opposing packs all season - with a points victory over Matt Scott and James Tamou as the Rabbitohs secured a comfortable 28-10 win over the Cowboys at ANZ Stadium. As usual Greg Inglis was outstanding - finishing with two tries that included a 90-metre runaway effort in the dying minutes and a game-high 231 metres - while John Sutton and Nathan Merritt couldn't have done more to push their case for the Origin opener on June 5. But up front it was the Burgess brothers getting the work done that makes the rest of it possible. "They are big," Michael Maguire smiled after the match. It was a team performance I felt tonight. George and Sammy did their role and Sutto they all stood up at the right times. I'm sure Sutto will probably agree with me it was an uglier game that we played but we are able to get through those games at the moment. We need to make sure we are better than that. But it would be hard to imagine the Burgess boys going any better than they are right now. Starting off the bench, George Burgess ran for 102 metres in the first half alone. Sam was right on his tail with 80 metres and a try by the break. And while those stats slowed slightly in the second half, the brothers still led the way for any forward on the field. George finished with 157 metres, Sam 150. "They were pretty impressive," Cowboys co-captain Scott said. We probably made them look pretty good with a couple of silly defensive errors, shooting out of the line a couple of times when we didn't need to. We certainly made them look good on a couple of occasions. Like Maguire said, the match itself probably didn't live up to some of the performances Souths have produced this year but it was still tough and it was gritty and it was worth two points. Souths looked lethargic early on before Sam Burgess' try snapped them to attention while the Cowboys copped a couple of crucial no-try rulings that could have gone either way. One came after an alleged Gavin Cooper knock on, while the other for a knock on from Brent Tate that the on-field referee called a try. Neil Henry wasn't blowing up after the game but conceded it was tough to come up empty on both calls. "Must be something about this stadium," Henry half-smiled. Still it is probably time for the Cowboys to take a look at where they are heading in 2013 and you get the feeling that at some point in the near future Henry is also going to have to make some tough calls with some senior players and where their careers are at. If last night proved one thing it is that they are still a fair way off the very top teams in this competition - and they take on one in the form of the Roosters next Saturday night. Meanwhile the Rabbitohs are at home to the depleted Wests Tigers next Friday night after the Tigers crashed to the Sharks 30-6 last night. Merritt's second half try saw him draw level with the great Bob Fulton on 147 career tries - now equal 8th on the all-time list - while the win also gives the Rabbitohs the sole competition lead ahead of Melbourne's game against Penrith on Sunday night. Maguire reasoned of the overall performance: "Look, I'm proud we came out at the right end but I know the boys in the change room weren't overly happy with how we played tonight."