Quote: underground "move him from the north queensland beaches, and a big house with sea vies... to a shed by a cabbage field and wonder why he cant settle...
its not just about the rugby or the money... and the uk pound is desperately poor aginst the dollar at the moment!... its about the whole package...
Compare the gaff that Sam Burgess has now compared to his place in west yorkshire....
expect to see less and less top players moving north... simply because of the exchange rate!'"
Of course but he has still signed a contract. Also he isn't living next to a cabbage patch, I hope your not developing that England bashing mentality that some have - please.
You know that Wakey has it's nice bits and is a nice place to live if you are in one of them. Ditto Queensland. I lived in Oz for six years and when your doing well it's great but when your down being poor is no more fun with or without the sun and even less so when the welfare/health payments are more to the American model.
He should have thought about, more to the point it appears his wife never wanted the move which should have made it a none starter.
Whichever way you view it he has done the dirty especially when you consider the add on cost of getting him here we will never recover.
I won't be cheering him, I expect a professional effort and then he goes quietly. Very disappointed in him TBH, he deserves no praise although he should recieve no abuse either.
These things happen.
come on big man
