• Player to return to rugby league side with whom he won NRL title[br]• Souths contract salary said to be around £700000 a yearSam Burgess’s rugby union career is over after he secured his exit from Bath and completed a deal to return to the NRL with his former club South Sydney Rabbitohs.
The Australian side confirmed on Thursday night that Bath had agreed a deal to release Burgess from the final two years of his three-year contract, allowing him to disappear back to rugby league a day after the Premiership side insisted Burgess would not leave. Related: Don’t blame Sam Burgess for end to sorry saga – rugby union let him down | Owen Gibson Related: Thomas Burgess: I dont feel overshadowed by Sam or other brothers Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com