Re: Sam Burgess : Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:36 pm  

great news for rugby league. Its brilliant to have him back. Probably the best forward in the game before he switched codes.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:00 am  

I just hope that his time in union hasn't blunted his skills.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:24 am  

Slightly bizarre I know, but the radio earlier tonight said Sam was flying out to Australia on Saturday. Saturday is also the date that ITV flies out the celebrities to Australia for this years "I'm a celebrity".

You don't think he'd do that?

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:24 am  

Some NRL clubs are back in pre season. He has a lot of work to do to get his athleticism back to be ready for nrl, he'll be back into pre season with Rabbitohs in next week.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:39 am  

sgtwilko wrote:

I don't agree. Lots of clubs have massive cap issues Parra being one, Paulo (he would be on peanuts) out but Gutherson in.

There will be low end earner squad filling movement I can agree.

Teams with genuine space are probably the Raiders and Titans, and other teams nobody who's any good really wants to play for.

If Souths had the space they would sign Burgess, they might off load a player like Walker to make space but only coz they want rid due to the drugs, Penrith could be a club looking for players but Idris is gone due to issues. Gould and Penrith are all about building culture so Walker is probably off their radar.

At this stage Souths have got to clear some space quick without wrecking their squad. People have missed the elephant in the room which is Burgess and Madge don't like each other. The word is a lot of those blokes are playing for Crowe not Madge.

I don't think it's as straight forward as you do.

Turns out it was.

Madge and Sam were texting each other during the grand final, must hate each other.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:40 am  

Rabbitohs head coach Michael Maguire said he "could not be happier to see Sam coming home to the Rabbitohs".

"He had an enormously positive impact on our club, both on and off the field, throughout the five seasons he was here, and to be bringing back one of the game's most dominant players is fantastic for not only our club, but the game itself," added Maguire.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:15 pm  

And on Radio 2 the quotes were around "no blame attached for England's lack of success on Burgess" in what I could describe as a sarcastic tone followed by "“But with his return to rugby league we’ve reached one of the all-time lows and most embarrassing points in English rugby history." http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/n ... -rabbitohs The way that it came over didn't seem to sound like the bashing of the RU that Woodward was giving.

And on Radio 2 the quotes were around "no blame attached for England's lack of success on Burgess" in what I could describe as a sarcastic tone followed by "“But with his return to rugby league we’ve reached one of the all-time lows and most embarrassing points in English rugby history." http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/n ... -rabbitohs The way that it came over didn't seem to sound like the bashing of the RU that Woodward was giving.

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:02 pm  

As I predicted - press releases talk about Sam's family life. Good way to keep everyone looking good!

Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:06 pm  

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Re: Sam Burgess : Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:57 pm  

As a matter of interest, which aspect of RU was Sam unable to master? Was it the pushing, the grunting or the standing around with his hands on his hips waiting for the game to restart?