Never liked his demeanour, and especially the way he spoke to his colleagues at times on the pitch, the penalties hew gives away and the huge embarrassment he caused the game in Melbourne last yr with his squirrel grip, and obviously the fact that he's going to union; good to see Souths lose today and L Brooks do well.

Also, Sam isn't even the best forward in his family, he's just an all action type of player, it's all about him, and he's never won anything. Yes, he comes up with some big plays, but he's not as skilful as S B Williams, and not as effecting as George. S Burgess is overrated.

Funny.

Trolling 101. How do I wind up the pommy soap dodgers?

I know

Sam Burgess is one of england rl's top players and quite popular among the fans. I'll single him out, stick the boot in and watch the grenade go off.

Yawn.

I'm not stickin the boot in, not trying to wind ppl up, just saying how it is, he's not as effective a forward as George, also this is a forum to express opinions. Also I reckon the best English journo D Hadfield would agree with me much that I would say about S Burgess. I hope George B wins a Premiership.

Yes and if we judge a player from just a single game he would be the best forward ever after the World cup game against new zealand.

His all-round performance in that match is overrated, due to J Peacock saying what he did. J Graham brought more cohesion to the team, and Burgess fed off what others did, granted he scored a long distance try, but fullbacks tend to avoid him in such situations. Granted, S Burgess brings some sort of X Factor to the party, but he's never beaten the Aussies, and he's never played in a Grand Final, he's NOT Superman.

you have now proven your self to be an idiot or incapable of dealing with your personal dislike of him that you have now tried to say he was overrated against new zealand. I think most would agree that you're opinion on Sam Burgess has become worthless because you can't see beyond personal dislike of him similar to Dally with Sam Tomkins.

Everyone would love Sam Burgess to play for their team.

I turned BBC on last Saturday teatime, 8 mins gone of France vs Ireland. They were setting a scrum. 3 mins later they were having the 4th or 5th attempt at the same scrum, which resulted in a penalty. I'd seen enough & turned over, wonder if Sam Burgess bothered watching? He'll be wasted in Union.

Sorry, but what are you smoking? Burgess was immense during that game. Scored one, set up one with his offload to Lockers and was solid in attack and defence. George outshone Sam in the first game against the Aussies (IMO), but not the Kiwi game...

That's funny because every Ozzie I've spoken to rates him one of the best in the world and certainly better than SBW

Regarding the SF vs. NZ, J Graham was more responsible in setting up O'Lochlin to score, Graham drew the defence and put in a v.good pass, Burgess just hit the hole, and popped the ball over to Sean; as for better than S B Williams, Williams won the RLIF player of the year award, 2013 GF ring a bell with you?