Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 2012 Welsh Open i kite a Burns i te tohu mo tana huihuinga tuarua, i a ia e wikitoria ana i a Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1 i mua i tana whiwhinga i te hikoi na te wehenga o Jamie Cope. I te waahi matua i Newport, i hinga ia i te 32 whakamutunga ki te toa o te ao o te ao o te tau 2010 a Neil Robertson 1 <unk> 4. He wa tino pai hoki a Burns i nga huihuinga iti o te Tohu Tohu Tohu Tohu, me tana mutunga pai i te tuarima
Ko te whakataetae Pākehā Tour, i reira i hinga ai ia i a Marcus Campbell me Liang Wenbo, engari i hinga ia ki a Ding Junhui i te hauwhā o te whiringa toa. I tae atu ia ki te 16 whakamutunga i roto i etahi atu huihuinga e rua i awhina i a ia ki te whakaoti i te 35th i runga i te PTC Order of Merit, i waho noa o te 26 o runga i tohu mo te Whakamutunga. I hinga a Burns i a Joel Walker 10<unk>8 i te rauna tuatahi o te Whakataetae o te Ao, engari i mutu tana wa i te wa i patua ai ia 2<unk>10 e Yu Delu i te rauna e whai ake nei. I whakawhiwhia a Burns ki te Tohu Rookie o te Tau