Footy WAG Tahlia Giumelli urges her fiancé Tom Burgess to 'bring the trophy home' as she shares a touching tribute ahead of the NRL Grand Final
South Sydney Rabbitohs star Tom Burgess' fiancée Tahlia Giumelli has shared a sweet tribute to her partner ahead of the NRL Grand Final on Sunday.
The 29-year-old WAG urged her partner to 'bring the trophy home' alongside a collage of photos, before praising his commitment to the sport in a lengthy caption.
'Today's the day. If you're a football fan this is massive, but if you're a football family this is HUGE,' she wrote.
'Bring the trophy home!': Footy WAG Tahlia Giumelli has shared a sweet tribute to her fiancé Tom Burgess ahead of the NRL Grand Final on Sunday night
'What you see is 80 minutes a week 8 months of the year, what I see is 24/7, 365 days a year of commitment, sacrifices and hard work.
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'I watch a man come home battered and bruised from a game only to get up hours later because his eldest daughter wants him to go on the trampoline or comes home after a massive day of training to bath and feed kids.'
Tahlia - who shares Sophie, two, and Elodie, nine months, with Tom - continued: 'We wish everyone was here to celebrate.
Committed: 'What you see is 80 minutes a week 8 months of the year, what I see is 24/7, 365 days a year of commitment, sacrifices and hard work,' she wrote alongside a gallery of photos to her Instagram account
'The kid's and I will be cheering loud and proud for you @thomasburgess, and the boys in red and green. This is your moment. Bring the trophy home.'
It comes just hours after it was revealed that the NRL Grand Final will go ahead in Brisbane after there was no new community coronavirus cases recorded in the city.
The zero community transfers will ensure 39,000 fans pack Suncorp Stadium on Sunday evening to watch the all-Sydney final as the South Sydney Rabbitohs play the Penrith Panthers.
Difficult: Giumelli earlier revealed it 'hadn't been easy' being in hotel quarantine after she was given special permission to fly to Queensland to be with partner Burgess
In August, Tahlia was reunited with her fiancé in Brisbane after spending several weeks apart due to lockdown.
The family were given special permission to leave their Sutherland Shire mansion to support Tom after the NRL was forced to relocate its 16 teams to three bubbles in Queensland, to escape growing Covid outbreaks in NSW and Victoria.
Close to 500 Sydney-based family members spent 14 days at the Novotel hotel, before joining their NRL star partners in their respective hubs.
Reunited: After completing their quarantine the players joined them in their teams' NRL hub
