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Cynic alert...
So RL has a great world cup, England thrill the nation at Wembley, the league gets new sponsors and tv deal... and then on the eve of the season the RFU leak they are after one of the sports best players...
All coincidental of course.
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No, the RFU are desperate for England to have a good tournament.
The timing all makes sense, tapped up in November, Sam B sleeps on it. Nothing sinister. I doubt RL is even on the RFU's radar, they have to worry about moneybags french RU teams.
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Bath RU announce they are the ones looking to sign him and pair him up in the centres with Kyle Eastmond.
Unfortunately this comes down to national exposure in an international game and our failure as a sport to generate interest in our game. This will become more evident once the RU world cup in 2015 kicks off, this is when Rugby Union will gain so much momentum and cash that there will be nothing the Morans and Koukash's can do to stop the talent drain.
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Sam Burgess was overrated at Souths.
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Looks like Sam Burgess is abandoning the superior warm Sydney lifestyle for a pot of gold in the cold.
www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/s ... 6819577647
It shows how insignificant the small profit-making 2013 RLWC was after all. A £5 million profit is a joke compared to the profits the RUWC will make. RU will have three of our superstars (Sam Burgess for England, SBW for NZ and Israel Folau for Australia) to bring the fans in through the gates. We will be poorer without them.
The RFL bosses, esp. Nigel Wood in collusion with the empty suit Brian Barwick and the Hetheringtons, continue to drag our code down to the economic gutter by selling Super League TV rights years in advance for less than their potential market value, and by allowing professional RL in London to rot, and by denying Toulouse a place in the Super League top 12. We have a joke of an international presence because there are only three countries competitive. The next potential competitors, France and PNG, have been given no subsidy to grow and become competitive by the RLIF which Nigel Wood runs.
Nigel Wood is a small minded accountant who should never have been allowed out of Halifax. The fact that he is allowed to run the RFL and tears up all the good reforms of Richard Lewis, like licencing and building the game in France, shows what a dunce Wood is and how incompetent the rest of the RFL are. Wood understands nothing about running a major sporting business. Lenagan, Moran or Koukash should be running the game. |
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Looks like Sam Burgess is abandoning the superior warm Sydney lifestyle for a pot of gold in the cold.
www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/s ... 6819577647
It shows how insignificant the small profit-making 2013 RLWC was after all. A £5 million profit is a joke compared to the profits the RUWC will make. RU will have three of our superstars (Sam Burgess for England, SBW for NZ and Israel Folau for Australia) to bring the fans in through the gates. We will be poorer without them.
The RFL bosses, esp. Nigel Wood in collusion with the empty suit Brian Barwick and the Hetheringtons, continue to drag our code down to the economic gutter by selling Super League TV rights years in advance for less than their potential market value, and by allowing professional RL in London to rot, and by denying Toulouse a place in the Super League top 12. We have a joke of an international presence because there are only three countries competitive. The next potential competitors, France and PNG, have been given no subsidy to grow and become competitive by the RLIF which Nigel Wood runs.
Nigel Wood is a small minded accountant who should never have been allowed out of Halifax. The fact that he is allowed to run the RFL and tears up all the good reforms of Richard Lewis, like licencing and building the game in France, shows what a dunce Wood is and how incompetent the rest of the RFL are. Wood understands nothing about running a major sporting business. Lenagan, Moran or Koukash should be running the game. | |
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It's a joke/disgrace etc.
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What a load of crap Jean. It's not Super League over here that has failed to keep Burgess. Not even the billion dollar NRL comp, the sunshine or the four 'n twenty pies could entice Burgess to stay. Rugby Union is big don't ya know.
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If this happens I'm going to see my something chronic. Gutted.
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Aye lad. It's like Thomas Chippendale going to work for IKEA. What a waste of talent.
Still, who can we lynch over here to make up for it? |
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The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
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| Quote: The Poltroon "Sam Burgess was overrated at Souths.'"
And so it begins. |
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| Quote: Sheldon "And so it begins.'"
He's a Socialist too, I'm sure. |
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great player on his day..but liked a few weeks rest last season on numerous occasions due to stupid antics |
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Good luck to him if he goes.Can't blame a guy for wanting to secure his long term financial future whilst getting a shot at a truly global event.
Can't help but feel disappointed though that we will miss 2/3 years of Sam in his prime, whilst having his game strangled out him in the other code and then returning half the player he was.
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Hardest rugby league pill I've had to swallow in years.
The thing is, I don't blame him. It shows what a financial and commercial powerhouse RU is when it can attract the likes of burgess away from...not super league....but the NRL.
I put myself in burgess' shoes and think
money - check
chance to become national icon and win for your country - check
get's to come home (as nice as aus is, it isn't home) - check
I mean it's really a no brainer for burgess. Most player won't have the same mentality regarding RU that fans have, it's a career. This is a good career move for burgess, which is a damning indictment on the strength of our game.
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| Quote: The Poltroon "Sam Burgess was overrated at Souths.'"
Really.
Please tell us why.... |
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