Quote Kiwi Shane="Kiwi Shane"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 Triple M! Any idiot could have told you that would happen.

Quote Kiwi Shane="Kiwi Shane"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 Triple M! Any idiot could have told you that would happen.

Maybe if our parents had have thought Once were Warriors was a documentary on how to raise children we'd be jealous of important things,.

Some of the comments I've read on various social media pages are being slightly harsh on poor Sammy I suppose.

He gave NRL a go...and it didnt work out for him. He lost the support of many footy fans with his gouging, testicle grabbing and high shots...but he will earn more money in union if nothing else.

I'm surprised he decided to leave though. I cant see him making the England national team and if he does...so what? They arent going to be winning the world cup again any time soon.

I guess he might as well be part of a team that finishes 4th behind the All Blacks, Wallabies and Springboks as in a league side that will always finish below the Kiwis and the Kangaroos though.

It would seem that Souths are less than happy with Sam - he was clearly negotiating with the RU whilst under contract assuming he'd get a release from that contract (his agent in Oz at one stage admitted he had no idea what was going on). I wouldn't be surprised if Russell Crowe isn't his best mate anymore either - he invested a lot of time and effort into getting the lot of them at Souths and bigging up the family image.

Basically the whole "clan Burgess" thing (that he quite happily played up to) was a crock. Unless Souths win the comp this year, he can't claim to have "achieved everything" in RL. None of his brothers could realistically switch to RU, so if there's a backlash from this - and I think the RL community even here in OZ seems to have had enough of code-jumpers - he's left them with few options.

Sadly if/when Sam does return to the NRL it will be complete with SBW nonsense hype attached - unless the RL-supporting public makes clear that they're not going to go along with it. I for one don't care if he ever comes back.

As for Farrell and Ford, they're a disgrace. How hard would it be for them NOT to get involved in trying to poach RL players? As it is they've both done nothing for RL except poach talent since they left the game.

I agree with you apart from the last paragraph. Why would Farrell be expected to do anything for RL anymore? He represents the 15 man game now.


However in a way he HAS done Souths a favour and his own code a disservice if he genuinely has been involved in the Burgii move. Souths have got $$$$$$ for a player who was allegedly a distraction to the side and never really reached the heights that he was billed to reach on the field and union has 'gained' a player who has apparently never played the game before.

If Burgii #1 is really going to be fast tracked into the England RU side you would have to think that aint going to go down well with all the RU players who play the game week in week out. That's like having a load of fully qualified truck drivers looking on as a plum job is given to someone who has only ever ridden a moped before.

..the difference between the 2 games and the positions being mentioned is more like a skateboard and a space shuttle.

Bye bye Sammy

Farrell and Ford have got a job to do, they can recruit who they like. It's up to us to decide if we want to do something to enourage players to stay ( or come back to SL after NRL) or to decide it's something we'll live with as a price we're willing to pay to avoid wage inflation, etc. But we can't operate by expecting individual ex-players to 'be nice'. If I was Burgess, Farrell or Ford copping any flak over this, I'd turn round and say 'none of us three told you to have that cap. Why should he/I play a much harder game for a ton less money just to keep you happy?'

Just disappointed I suppose

But for loads more money and the opportunity to play in front of huge crowds in the WC, the media profile etc etc. I can understand why

But still disappointed

I'm with you bud.

I can understand why he's gone, just wish he hadn't.

2288 posts a union troll spending his hole life in front of his computer trying to promote his memeplexes on the unconverted, sad but true. My guess is your post count on these forums is probably triple that.