If he perform badly against Wales there'll be more mentions of RL than there's been in the last decade.

Gonna stick my neck out and say Sam will at least hold his own against the Welsh tomorrow. Proven Big game player is the lad

The ex Union pro's in the media brigade like Guscott and Dawson are probably already sharpening their pencils for the fall after writing him off as a viable option all the way up to this point, so i really hope he can showcase his full game and ram it back down their throats.

More than likley if he has a bad game but I back him to rise above the anti league pundits comments who are upset that he has been selected with such little experience. I hope he has a stormer and England win well.

Farrell selection too has been panned by those that should know better. He is the in form 10 and has the greater big match experience, better defence and goalkicking and more suited to what will be a physical Wales. I guess Ford will come on when the game has loosened up and will play his part no doubt. Should be a cracker

More suited? I was there when Ford ran the show at the Millennium in the 6 Nations this year and he handled our physical game quite well. Certainly better than Farrell did 2 years previously when we beat England. And the pundits aren't being anti-league, they are saying that Burgess isn't ready yet for test-match Union. They may be wrong but it wouldn't be down to being 'anti-league', it would be down to being a poop pundit. It's not always about League.

Agree with all that, I'm just skeptical at the RFL's ability to back up any talk of RL through Burgess with providing an opportunity for people to watch RL.

Yeah, because if George North joined a RL team everyone on this forum would start watching Union

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