Sam Burgess Receives Support From Rugby League Legends Peter Sterling And Andrew Johns Over Charge

South Sydney captain Sam Burgess has pleaded not guilty to a shoulder charge on Canterbury's Greg Eastwood.

Burgess was hit with a grade one shoulder charge by the Match Review Committee, stemming from Friday's NRL loss to the Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium

He will miss two matches if he loses his case at the judiciary on Tuesday night.

Burgess has already received support from rugby league greats Peter Sterling and Andrew Johns after he came under scrutiny for his early hit on Bulldogs forward Eastwood.

Nine Network commentators Sterling and Johns backed the shoulder charge ban but believed Burgess was acting on instinct and merely bracing himself for the eighth minute tackle on Eastwood. Watch the video below from the 27-second mark. 

Burgess will fight the charge in a bid to run out against Brisbane at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.

The Broncos sounded like they were preparing for a Rabbitohs side without Burgess on Monday.

"That's the way the game goes - you can't shoulder charge," Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough said of Burgess' charge.

"He's a massive loss for them."

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