To be fair, most of that hype came from the Aussie RL media with plenty of help from Russell Crowe.


Given his propensity for squeezing opposition players nads, I'd suggest Sam is already halfway there to making it in Union.

Questions like what will become of his brothers need to be answered as well - will they be vilified along with their brother? Released alongside him? Will they follow him to Union or stay in league? Lots of questions to be answered ...

I'd be slightly more inclined to agree if both world cups were imminently incoming (that's not to say I think our international game can match unions) but it might be more of a case of - failed at one have a go at another?

Big loss, but as with everyone, no one player is bigger than the sport.

Seeing that Sam is highly unlikely to make it in union then the likes of George, Tom, Paul, Ringo, Bo and Luke or whatever the rest of the brothers are called have no chance whatsoever.

Why do cross-code players always end up signing for Bath? Do they not realize how much of an absolute hole Bath is? At least he can have fun with Eastmond in the freezing cold playing a sport that nobody watches, I guess.

So we have wits who believe everything they read? Bit like Sonny Bill.

Kiwi Shane talks a lot of (bitter) rubbish. There's not a RU side in the world that wouldn't be delighted to have Sam Burgess in their team if they got chance. Conversely, the current England international RU centres (anybody ever heard of them?) wouldn't get anywhere near being picked for any Super League team.

when he learns to use "less teeth" he'll be head of the IRB

Not a lot of love for Sammy around various social media pages. Quite a few sources are also saying he wont play in the NRL again this year. Triple M (an Aussie radio station for those who don't know) aren't that bothered either www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/ ... m-burgess/

Not a lot of love for Sammy around various social media pages. Quite a few sources are also saying he wont play in the NRL again this year. Triple M (an Aussie radio station for those who don't know) aren't that bothered either www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/ ... m-burgess/

compared to where exactly? Sydney? depends on the suburb, but given the boom in the economy over there, like rats in London, you're never more than 8 feet from a bogun in Sydney. Bradford












short memory there HH......19 years of Summer Rugby has eroded your memory has it?...I suspect it was quite "nippy" in the SL this weekend too.........





Yep....little old bath with their 11,516 average for the last full season, higher than 12 of the current SL sides averages...unless you were meaning England Rugby Union and their poor attendances




Why is it that so called RLFANS feel the need to try (and fail) and score points against the slower but bigger and more popular code?....very very strange.

People are forgetting that Sam Burgess has a complex about SBW and is trying to emulate and outshine SBW. However Sam cannot outshine SBW, but he will return to RL at the same time SBW does --- in May 2017. SBW will return to the Sydney Roosters, and Sam Burgess will return to South Sydney.

You read it first here!

Sadly it's that flatcap wearing whippet breeding pigeon racing mentality that so many UK footy fans have ... better known as jealousy.