If he does well and becomes a regular member off the England team then he will be in with a shout of a place in the 2017 British Lions tour and I doubt that he would say no to a chance of taking on the All Blacks in New Zealand. Plus would he want to go back to playing in front of 20,000 crowds in Hull, Huddersfield and Wigan when he can be playing in front of 50-80,000 crowds in London, Paris and Edinburgh?

If he is a success then of course his profile will become bigger than anything he could achieve in RL.just look at Robinson,Folau and Williams for an example.

Gregory Inglis would be a sensation.

surely to fit in in union he will need a double barreled name. something like samuel sam burgess?

That is an utterly ridiculous suggestion.

In order to fit into rugby union, Samuel Burgess's name is more likely to be enhanced if hyphenated to Samuel Ponsonby-Burgess.

There are no double barrell names in the current England Elite squad, that said only about 15% (of just over 40 players) come from Comprehensive state schools, most are educated at boarding/independant/grammar schools...make of that what you will.

Union has always been an upper class sport. It's one of the reasons twickenham is always full.........aspirant middle class wanting to feel posh