Sam Burgess - returning to Australia - updated

[Sajerj]

Lines of running, support and offloading are areas where RL are naturally superior.

Burgess is strong in all these areas.

[jgriffin]

Not natural, coached. RFU courses a decade or so ago didn't teach enough of that, if any, to nascent coaches. Blazer coaches didn't like improper line-ups or out-of-the-box thinking (except Brian Ashton maybe). I suspect it's a left-over from the days when everything was solved by sticking up a FatBoy's shirt or the 10 booting it into touch - the LadyBoys used to have clean hands (I used the time to do my hair and nails).

[JackFlashJonny]

Maybe he is one of the two players with offers from NFL that would be a spanner in the works...

[kingneptuneii]

To me only Jason Robinson has my respect as a great converted player.

I think Freddy Tuilagi would be very hurt to hear of your feelings towards his conversion...

[Stu_F]

Freddie was a union player (played in 1995 World Cup) who went to league and then came back, so not really the same.

[Dr H Flashman MBE]

Just said on bt sport that the press are reporting that burgess has said goodbye to all his former team mates...

[TigerLad]

Absolute shambles.

[fortysix]

Hopefully he can take his 2 England Coaches back with him... what a farce.

[LE18]

He obviously has the courage of his own conviction, hope he has been booked on a slow boat, dastardly deed of those Wallabies to send him over here in first place, were they just getting their own back on us?

[jgriffin]

Hopefully he can take his 2 England Coaches back with him... what a farce.

Heads should roll, including the whole coaching team and all those involved in the RFU. A laughing stock and the careers of at least a couple of young players blighted by this joke.

[fortysix]

Might be wrong but some money is now on Ritchie covering up ,ring fencing , keeping Stanfaster but junking Farrell Rowntree and Catt... Might have to get used to that scenario

[jgriffin]

Keeping LancAster will be a continuation of the decline of England as an international force.
1 who appointed Lancaster?
2 who allowed two unproven pretend coaches to coach England?
3 who delivered Burgess here?
4 who allowed him to be fast-tracked into the England team?
5 who selected the disaster teams of the Wales and Australia games?

Any names in that list should be sacked along with Lancaster.

[Bill W (2)]

Keeping Lancaster will be a continuation of the decline of England as an international force.
1 who appointed Lancaster?
2 who allowed two unproven pretend coaches to coach England?
3 who delivered Burgess here?
4 who allowed him to be fast-tracked into the England team?
5 who selected the disaster teams of the Wales and Australia games?

Any names in that list should be sacked along with Lancaster.

Now come on JG. They all did theit best! Unfortunately and predictably it was not good enough!

Question: Why have none of them resigned?

Answer: They do not have the guts and are only in it for the £££.

[tigercaspian]

Per my previous posts on this subject, and as per my mate down the pub( now known as MMDTP), Russell Crowe delivered Burgess here!

[Noggs]

On the news this morning that his mates at Bath say he's definitely on his way back to RL.

Also see:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/n ... hinos-bath

No doubt the RFU will put a gloss on it all