Re: Sam Burgess : Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:57 pm  

"First option" is usually actually "first and last option". Which means Burgess would first have to negotiate with Bradford, but then could explore other options. If he than agrees terms with another team (eg Leeds) Bradford would have "last option" to match the terms being offered there, in which case Burgess would have to sign for them.

That's assuming there *is* such a clause and it isn't invalidated by Bradford not being in the top league. Or whether Bradford is even the same corporate entity as the Bradford Burgess left, which would also invalidate any clause.

Re: Sam Burgess : Tue Oct 27, 2015 6:23 pm  

even on sky web sight they say in OZ they are sorting out is contract so it might be true he is coming back to league

Re: Sam Burgess : Tue Oct 27, 2015 7:22 pm  

no matter how painful it is for bath, if sam burgess has told them he is done with union and wants to go back to league then there is no point them keeping an unhappy player.

Re: Sam Burgess : Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:41 pm  

There isn't. Sam has also shown that contracts mean squat to him, so waving his Bath contract in his face won't mean anything to him. Having said that I think he'll stay at Bath at least for this contract, as he'll be desperate not to be seen as a failure.

Re: Sam Burgess : Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:47 pm  

Yeah, he's gonna stay at Barth.

Re: Sam Burgess : Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:02 am  

"Rested" again for this weekends game even though Bath have a few injuries to deal with.

Re: Sam Burgess : Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:03 am  

Sadly' when Burgess comes back to Rugby League, the reaction in the Union world will be minimal. He will just be a league long shot who could not cut it. For all the excitement on here his attempted switch will only have shown us in a negative light. A move to Super League would just compound that perception of failure for Union types. The sooner he gets back to Australia and plays at the top level the sooner we can forget about this farce.

Re: Sam Burgess : Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:18 am  

The story is looking like it must have something behind it as it's now being reported on sky. They don't usually report stuff without a decent source.

It must have been pretty devastating for Sam to read interviews from his fellow team mates that his selection caused such a rift in the squad and was blamed for a disastrous WC.

Re: Sam Burgess : Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:35 am  

Levrier wrote:

Sadly' when Burgess comes back to Rugby League, the reaction in the Union world will be minimal. He will just be a league long shot who could not cut it. For all the excitement on here his attempted switch will only have shown us in a negative light. A move to Super League would just compound that perception of failure for Union types. The sooner he gets back to Australia and plays at the top level the sooner we can forget about this farce.

i disagree. he made the England team within a few months, and were leading Wales by 7 points when he was taken off. in my opinion had Burgess remained on the field England wud av won. J Roberts thought, right Burgess is off, give me the ball.

Re: Sam Burgess : Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:36 am  

Levrier wrote:

Sadly' when Burgess comes back to Rugby League, the reaction in the Union world will be minimal. He will just be a league long shot who could not cut it. For all the excitement on here his attempted switch will only have shown us in a negative light. A move to Super League would just compound that perception of failure for Union types. The sooner he gets back to Australia and plays at the top level the sooner we can forget about this farce.

There is no problem with this whatever
Burgess' pride may be slightly hurt but, it makes sense all round to get the guy playing a better sport that he is superb at playing.
Also, "failing" at the other code happened all the time back in the 80's but, in those days, it was the Union boys that couldn't hack playing League.