Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - 2012 Welsh Open ayaa Burns u arkay inuu u qalmo dhacdadii labaad ee darajayntiisa, maadaama uu ka adkaaday Jack Lisowski 4<unk>1 ka hor inta uusan helin socod sababtoo ah ka bixitaanka Jamie Cope. Goobta ugu weyn ee Newport, wuxuu ka badiyay 32-kii ugu dambeeyay ee 2010 Horyaalka Adduunka Neil Robertson 1 <unk> 4. Burns sidoo kale wuxuu lahaa xilli ciyaareed aad u wanaagsan dhacdooyinka yar yar ee Ciyaartoyda Tartanka Ciyaartoyda, isagoo dhammaystirka ugu fiican ku yimid dhacdadii shanaad ee Yurub
, halkaas oo uu ka adkaaday kuwa la midka ah Marcus Campbell iyo Liang Wenbo, laakiin ka dib wuxuu ka badiyay Ding Junhui wareega afar dhamaadka. Waxa kale oo uu gaadhay 16-kii ugu dambeeyay laba dhacdo oo kale oo ka caawiyay inuu dhammeeyo 35-aad ee PTC Order of Merit, oo ka baxsan 26-ka ugu sareeya ee u qalmay Finals-ka. Burns wuxuu Joel Walker kaga badiyay 10<unk>8 wareegii koowaad ee isreebreebka Koobka Adduunka, laakiin xilli ciyaareedkiisii ayaa dhammaaday markii uu 2<unk>10 kaga adkaaday Yu Delu wareegii xigay. Burns waxaa la guddoonsiiyay abaalmarinta Rookie of the Year Award