There was an article to the same effect in the Telegraph (I've criticism of coaches). You have to agree SB's selection at centre with so little experience was ludicrous. You have to agree that someone on the coaching staff had a fixation with him playing at all costs irrespective of how they squeezed him in. His selection also screwed up their flexibility with substitutions. The next big hook for SB was to be a Lions tour but I'm not sure they would dare select him after the England debacle and the Irish chaps comments. If I were SB I would try to get back to RL as soon as possible and not waste his short career in a game he may never fully adapt to nor be appreciated in. In RL he is a great player, why throw away the future legacy of that?

Sam Burgess is so good that despite having limited experience in Union and even more limited as a centre he completely eclipsed Jamie Roberts and shut him out of the game. On the other hand Roberts struggled to contain Burgess and needed assistance by way of Wales adjusting their defensive structure to put 2 players on Burgess.

This is the much lauded Jamie Roberts, one of the best centres in World Rugby Union, veteran of almost 150 Top Tier Club games, 72 Test matches for Wales, 1 Barbarians appearance and 3 X a Lions Rep. COMPLETELY SHUT OUT BY BURGESS!

England were twice 10 points up and still 7 points ahead when Burgess left the field, only morons and bigoted idiots with an agenda would blame Burgess for that loss.

We got him back! Welcome home Sam!! I knew it was only a matter of time (& Sam achieving an ambition to play in the RUWC) when I saw his face during his Union debut as explained in OP.

well, many of us said he only went to play in this WC and that he had had assurances he would be in the squad as part of the deal to move.despite being rubbished by many other people it now appears that was correct.

1 years 'rest' from the rigorous NRL, time in the spotlight worldwide and a bag full of cash to return still with his prime years left.Whatever way you look at it i doubt Sam Burgess regrets his year out.

Oh yes!