Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - O le 2012 Welsh Open na vaʻaia ai Burns agavaʻa mo lana tulaga lua tulaga faʻatulagaina, aʻo ia faʻatoʻilaloina Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1 ae leʻi mauaina se savaliga ona o le toʻesea o Jamie Cope. I le nofoaga autu i Newport, na ia leiloa i le 32 mulimuli i le 2010 World Champion Neil Robertson 1<unk>4. Na maua foi e Burns se vaitau lelei tele i taamilosaga laiti a le Players Tour Championship, ma o lana pito sili ona lelei na sau i le taamilosaga lona lima a le European Tour
, lea na ia faatoilaloina ai tagata e pei o Marcus Campbell ma Liang Wenbo, ae na faatoilaloina ai e Ding Junhui i le kuata faaiʻu. Na ia ausia foi le 16 mulimuli i isi mea e lua na fesoasoani ia te ia e faauma le 35th i le PTC Order of Merit, i fafo atu o le pito i luga 26 na agavaa mo le Faaiuga. Na manumalo Burns ia Joel Walker 10<unk>8 i le taamilosaga muamua o le World Championship Qualifying, ae na muta lona vaitau ina ua faatoilaloina o ia 2<unk>10 e Yu Delu i le taamilosaga na sosoo ai. Na maua e Burns le faailoga o le Rookie of the Year Award