FOOTY STAR MATT BURTON'S TEAMMATES CAN'T HIDE THEIR LAUGHTER AS HE EXPLAINS WHY HE BELIEVES IN ONE OF THE DUMBEST CONSPIRACY THEORIES EVER
- NRL star Matt Burton, 24, genuinely holds insane belief
- Burton's teammates were bemused at his bizarre take
- Has played a huge role in turning Bulldogs side around
Bulldogs star Matt Burton left his NRL teammates - and coach Cameron Ciraldo - in stitches when he tried to explain why he genuinely thinks the earth is flat.
Burton, 24, previously stated his bizarre conspiracy theory on a podcast with former NRL player Josh Mansour - and Fox League funny man Bryan Fletcher again raised the subject this week at Canterbury's training headquarters in Belmore.
The hilarious scenes unfolded during a group chat alongside Ciraldo, plus teammates Toby Sexton and Jacob Preston.
'Burto, you're fair dinkum, you're a flat earther. Why do you think the earth is flat?' Fletcher asked on camera.
Burton's explanation was puzzling to say the least.
'Apparently someone with a laser was looking in this distance, a scientist, they could see the mountains but apparently it was down here on a map,' he said.
'So they could see it so that's why I thought it was flat.'
Ciraldo, Preston and Sexton's bemused faces told the story as they tried and failed to hold in their laughter.
Thankfully for Bulldogs fans, Burton is pretty handy when clutching or booting a Steeden.
In the previous podcast chat with Mansour, Burton was adamant the earth is flat.
'It's a tough one, aye,' he said at the time. 'Do you [Mansour] believe the world is flat?
'I don't know [myself], aye. ['Yeah] I believe it is.'
A stunned Mansour then quipped: 'No you don't.'
'Yeah I do,' Burton then answered.
'You believe the world is flat?' Mansour asked again, stunned.
Burton's response was left-field, as he told listeners 'it's obviously flat because, if it was... I don't know. I believe it is like a sphere.'
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