Matt Dawson probably spuffed in his pants at the thought of deriding Sam in the rags come Sunday/Monday, no wait it's that world class centre Gordon D'arcy whom lambasted Burgess a failure and "embarrassed those around him" in the Wales games..

That piece by that D'Arcy was a disgrace. His motivation? He's trying to earn a crust as a journalist. It relies on him creating an aura of superior knowledge from having been good enough to play as an international Rugby Union centre for years on end. That credibility is diminished in his eyes if a guy who was a forward in another sport can walk into a top international RU side at centre without ever having seen much of the game of Rugby Union, never mind played it.
All D'Arcy has done is made himself look stupid at best. He started with his required conclusion that Sam Burgess isn't good enough. Then takes four days in a darkened room dissecting his recording of the England v Wales match trying and failing to come up with an "analysis" to support his case. Quite laughable.

Are you still paying good money to watch Union on BT sport?

Nearly 100 pages on this thread alone and as I type, 4 of the top 5 topics on a RL forum are all about Union. I suppose when you haven't got an International game of your own to watch you have to watch other more successful sports to see what it's like

So a sport which shares the same name is having its home world cup, the coverage it receives (yes our NGB do our sport no favours) is out of proportion to the inferior game played out on the field, a former league star is in the England team and you don't think it should be discussed on here, are you really that dim?!

Of course the bigger laugh really is a) on you for spending so much time on here and b) those who watch that dreadful game all year round.

I can't explain why RU is so popular, though I can say the same for Football, One Direction, reality TV, and McDonald's.

Anyone for SB to be back at Souths for the start of next season? After all, he admitted himself that he was going to the Dark Side for a crack at the World Cup.

It was borderline. Initial contact was with the shoulder and he relaxed his arm when he realised it had ridden up onto the neck. I've seen them given, but it would have been harsh, absolutely no intent from Burgess.
Penalty at the most IMO.

Interesting to see what Sam Burgess was up to after the game https://www.facebook.com/KyrosSports/po ... 4084447146 . He must have been walking around trying to find people who could actually play rugby.

Interesting to see what Sam Burgess was up to after the game https://www.facebook.com/KyrosSports/po ... 4084447146 . He must have been walking around trying to find people who could actually play rugby.

Robshaw: Six tackles, five carries, three metres, two passes, no turnover.

That is a total joke!

Can't believe these stats! I got them off the BBC sports website.

Apparently Billy V has been gobbing off at a bash saying Farrell and not Lancaster makes the team selections and that he's never been coached by Lancaster either. The whole squad was disrupted by Burgess's inclusion and that they weren't happy about it!! https://twitter.com/InfernoProTV www.express.co.uk/sport/rugbyuni ... ugby-Union Ah so now it's all down to a RL convert in the coaching set up and a RL player in the squad that they've played like shat all over the park. Apparently Farrell has been making them play like a rugby league team..HAHAHAHAHA They might have actually won if they had!

Apparently Billy V has been gobbing off at a bash saying Farrell and not Lancaster makes the team selections and that he's never been coached by Lancaster either. The whole squad was disrupted by Burgess's inclusion and that they weren't happy about it!! https://twitter.com/InfernoProTV www.express.co.uk/sport/rugbyuni ... ugby-Union Ah so now it's all down to a RL convert in the coaching set up and a RL player in the squad that they've played like shat all over the park. Apparently Farrell has been making them play like a rugby league team..HAHAHAHAHA They might have actually won if they had!

Agent pan face has done a cracking job.....england are the most one dimensional team I have ever seen

Just as an aside but, despite it being the Express, I'm still shocked at how depressingly, awfully, sewer-lickingly low the standards of professional journalism have fallen.
That article is god-awful. The title is wrong, it's terribly structured, doesn't have any corroboration or supporting quotes and a section of it is repeated as if someone has copied and pasted the section twice by accident.
There are people getting paid for this sh|t that I'd be disappointed if one of the lads I coach produced for their schoolwork. And some of my lads are thick as 2 short planks.

It will be interesting to see what happens next with Sam....Writings on the wall for Lancaster - presumably he'll resign after next weekend and without Lancaster I'm not sure whether Sam will have a place in the England squad. Presumably the only reason he went to Union was to play Internationals. Hopefully he'll get some tempting offers from the NRL.