It'll really hit him when he attends his first Bath training session on a dark wet and cold winter night and the coaches have them doing stuff that Dewsbury Moor did 15 years ago.

The downside.

The upside will hit him when he checks his bank balance.

He'll do a few years, get the RWC done then he'll back back at souths circa 2017.

I don't completely disagree but given what he's done today his value as a marketable Rugby League player in the NRL has just skyrocketed.

I know, I really wish he'd stayed put. Not least because englands pack would be looking pretty tasty, but he could really have moved onto a whole other level down under.

The whole thing from the pre match entertainment through to all the emotion at the end was incredible. Sam Burgess is going to go down as a true great and it is a great shame that he is leaving for union, But if anyone deserves a chance to earn themselves a better wage in another code it's him. I certainly can't hold it against him. Hopefully one day RL can get to a point where we can afford to offer players a better wage to keep them in RL but I can't see it personally.

G Burgess had a great game too. I was disappointed to hear all the Aussies booing James Graham. Don't think he did anything to deserve that. He was involved in 2 unfortunate head clashes but don't think he did anything wrong. He didn't even seem to be aware that the collision he was involved in had broken Sam's cheekbone.

overall a fantastic game that just ran away in the last 10 minutes from the Bulldogs.

Sadly the NRL could afford it now but keeps the clubs shackled to keep the poor performing clubs competitive. Sths could have thrown enough $'s at him to have kept him if they had been allowed.

And that is why any of the eight could have made the GF and the teams just below gave a great end of season push to make the eight (Broncos, Warriors, Eels).

The proper use of a strong salary cap is why the NRL is so good and highly unpredicatble on who will eventually win. Look at SL and see if you can say the same thing. How many SL GF winners have we had in all the years it has been played?

Wigan, Leeds, Bradford, Saints.

That's poor. An even comp does raise the standards.

Yes it brings an equal level of mediocrity to mid table teams, though reality is 4-5 clubs have dominated the NRL for the last few years anyway

Huge credit to the Welsh (SC/4) for their coverage this afternoon. Clwb.
Very passionate about sport, that really shone through. SC/4'S evening sports round up covered all the day' s big sports stories, including the EPL, Marathon, etc but it began with the NRL Grand Final all the tries, and ended with the NRL Grand Final. Excellent stuff!!

I am not sure about that, eleven different Clubs have contested the last ten Grand Finals.
Five of those Clubs have also been the wooden spooners in the same period.
You have eras at Clubs where they dominate for several seasons, Manly appear they are on the verge of coming to the end of theirs as are the Storm in all probability.

Things go in cycles but most clubs except for Cronulla and a couple of newer Clubs like the Titans, Warriors and the Cowboys have had their purple patch

I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.

Plenty of comments on a Bath Rugby fans forum, but you are right there wasn't anything on the club website or club twitter account.

Quote: Brick with eyes "I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.'" That's not true, I was following this thread while the final was being played. There's a huge appreciation of RL and a decent amount of knowledge of the players. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 9,14926816

Quote: Brick with eyes "I've been on a few of the Bath rugby union sites and there is not one mention of Sams heroics in the Grand Final, in fact there is no mention of him at all . Ignorant people who do not deserve him.'" That's not true, I was following this thread while the final was being played. There's a huge appreciation of RL and a decent amount of knowledge of the players. www.rugbynetwork.net/boards/read ... 9,14926816

I didn't mean fans forums , I mean't Bath websites where he just doesn't get a mention.