• Convert from league spent four years playing in Sydney
• Burgess was a Rugby League World Cup semi-finalist in 2013Sam Burgess is no stranger to Australia. The cross-code convert who spent four years in Sydney making a name for himself in rugby league knows more than most approximately the challenge facing England on Saturday,even if he has never taken on the Wallabies before.
In the aftermath of his side’s bruising defeat by Wales, Burgess was keeping cards close to his chest when asked approximately any specific insight he had of the Australian mentality, or whether he would be providing team-mates with advice before this week’s invent-or-break Pool A fixture. “Ill probably preserve that to myself and the team, he said. “They’re very competitive, that’s in their nature.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com