Quote: OzWelsh "I don't believe his basic wage will be much higher at Bath, yes they have a higher salary cap but they have a bigger squad too. Union clubs usually have squads of 45 to 50 players.
The only Inglish r.union plyrs on big money are the ones who play regularly for England, I bet K Eastmond hasn't got much more than he would have had he stayed with Saints. S Tomkins is on £400K basic, he won't get any more than that from Saracens. Apparently A Cuthbert got £96K for playing for Wales through the 2012 6 nations. Nice bonus on top of his basic from Cardiff.'"
As much as it pains me to agree with Jean the pseudo Frenchman, Burgess has gone for the exposure........and outside of Sydney and the Yorkshire evening post, he will get more of that playing the slower but more popular code.
If he "fails" at Union (which I think he will) he can fall back into SL where someone like Mar will pay him a decent wage....if he succeeds, then he becomes a national hero........
...on the topic of national hero, I asked an English Union fan to name to 2003 RWC winning side the other night.....other than Wilkinson, the Neanderthal Martin Johnston and Jason Robertson, he couldn't name anyone until some KIWIS in the bar helped him out.....Burgess had better score a hat trick in the RWC final if he wants a LEGACY