{"id":512806,"date":"2026-03-02T00:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512806\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T00:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:09:10","slug":"bulldogs-star-teases-nfl-move-after-stunning-vegas-display-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/512806\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs star teases NFL move after stunning Vegas display – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The booming boot of Matt Burton<\/a> has long been one of the NRL’s most feared weapons, and now the Bulldogs five-eighth may be open to showcasing his talent across the Pacific.<\/p>\n

After a week in Vegas, with headlines speculating that the NFL were interested in the 25-year-old’s infamous kicking game, Burton addressed his thoughts on a potential code switch.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, 100 per cent if anything pops up, I would look at it,” Burton said after his team’s golden point victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I’m happy at the Dogs. And happy to get the win. But maybe down the track something may appear \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Burton’s kicking game was on full display in Vegas, finishing Round 1 with 14 kicks for 462 metres, including five towering bombs.<\/p>\n

His beautiful boot \u2014 a trademark of his game \u2014 reportedly caught the eye of NFL scouts in attendance as they assessed whether his skillset could translate to American football.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs also spent time around the Las Vegas Raiders headquarters during the week, further fuelling intrigue.<\/p>\n

“I feel I could do it (play in the NFL).<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we’ll see what the scouts were doing tonight,\u201d he laughed. \u201cSee if they were watching.\u201d<\/p>\n

“It’s more technical than league, and I would have to study it, but I feel I could have a crack at it.”<\/p>\n

Only four other NRL<\/a> players have converted to the NFL in the modern era, with Valentine Holmes<\/a> being the most recent.<\/p>\n

Holmes, who played against Burton in the losing St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> side on Sunday, spent just one year in the American league before returning to the NRL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs’ five-eighth is contracted until the end of 2027, when he will be 27 \u2014 leaving the door ajar should an opportunity from the NFL eventually arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The booming boot of Matt Burton has long been one of the NRL’s most feared weapons, and now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-512806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}