Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:17 am  

moto748 wrote:

Will he come to league? Quite possibly, but it won't be SL if he does. Plenty in the NRL will be queuing up for his signature.

Absolutely. I'm sure i read recently he was getting married to an Australian TV personality so that will be factor in his decisions moving forward. He will have his pick of NRL clubs, i don't see him back in SL until he is over the hill or if ever to be honest.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:19 am  

wire-quin wrote:
Do 'good' sports have to be non stop, highly skilled, under officiated to be attractive?

American football probably sits within the above criteria but seems very popular. Cycling is very one dimensional but popular, cricket very slow but internationally attractive.

Maybe as RL fans we are missing the point.


Or maybe I'm right!

Avenger are you one of those that looks in the mirror as a portly middle age guy and thinks, I look good?

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:25 am  

moto748 wrote:

I would be surprised. Why should he get the nod over experienced players who've been playing their chosen position all their lives?

And, if anything, the decision to play him in the centres at the weekend against France puts him up against plenty of good centres (including two from his own club!), when, if anything, he might stand more chance of getting in the squad at 6 or 8.

Will he come to league? Quite possibly, but it won't be SL if he does. Plenty in the NRL will be queuing up for his signature.

He may return to league but with Bath likely to be in the Champions Cup every year he'll be playing in European games that are intensive as any International against the French and Irish sides (sadly not the Welsh) packed with world-class players, so it's no foregone conclusion. I think he'll stay as leaving early would be seen as being a quitter.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:29 am  

Maybe he is staying in Union because he enjoys it, have we ever considered that?

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:53 am  

Exiled down south wrote:

Maybe he is staying in Union because he enjoys it, have we ever considered that?

No.

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:19 am  

I wonder which energised Sam Burgess the most: winning a Grand Final alongside Greg Inglis in front of a packed stadium of cheering fans, or standing around with his hands in his pockets waiting for another scrum to be re-set?


Tough call...

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:54 am  

moto748 wrote:

I wonder which energised Sam Burgess the most: winning a Grand Final alongside Greg Inglis in front of a packed stadium of cheering fans, or standing around with his hands in his pockets waiting for another scrum to be re-set?

Tough call...

What about playing in a 6 Nations every year in front of packed stadiums of cheering fans in countries that he's never played in, playing in Argentina, South Africa, Japan in 2019 etc or going on the 2017 NZ tour with the British & Irish Lions? Or playing the same 2-3 countries every 2-3 years in RL?

Tough call...

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:24 pm  

Mods - doesn't this belong in Other Sports?

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:13 pm  

Exiled down south wrote:

Avenger are you one of those that looks in the mirror as a portly middle age guy and thinks, I look good?

Im sure you know what you mean but I haven't slightest WTF you're on about.

Apart from this post I'm refraining from contributing until the Union trolls have finished their wankfest over each other's posts!

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:43 pm  

Compare the post below, from this thread, by 'Galliant':

galliant wrote:

What about playing in a 6 Nations every year in front of packed stadiums of cheering fans in countries that he's never played in, playing in Argentina, South Africa, Japan in 2019 etc or going on the 2017 NZ tour with the British & Irish Lions? Or playing the same 2-3 countries every 2-3 years in RL?

Tough call...

to the one below, from an unrelated topic on the Saints forum from one 'Facsimile':

Facsimile wrote:

What about playing in a 6 Nations every year in front of packed stadiums of cheering fans in countries that he's never played in, playing in Argentina, South Africa, Japan in 2019 etc or going on the 2017 NZ tour with the British & Irish Lions? Or playing the same 2-3 countries every 2-3 years in RL?

Tough call...

Dual identities? Split personality? Troll?