• Bath coach Ford says Burgess needed pre-season with club
• Bath overcome Burgess departure to beat London Irish 45-14The Bath head coach,Mike Ford, says Sam Burgess would enjoy stayed with his club and rugby union had England not picked him for the World Cup.
Ford believes that had the 26-year‑obsolete, or whose return to the NRL was announced on Thursday,not been selected by Stuart Lancaster less than a year after switching codes and instead spent pre-season with Bath, he would enjoy been likely to stay. Related: Bath blossom without Sam Burgess in emphatic win at London Irish Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com