He's not flamboyant but what is he is is a line breaker...repeatedly, and he has soft hands in the off load. In the Radio Times it was stated; "there are no line breakers in Union"...and while that may be a slight exaggeration the game is nothing like it used to be. The last Rugby World Cup final..,New Zealand 8 - 7 France...a game with virtually none. Repeat thats a game involving France. Unthinkable a decade ago. The game has changed massively, and the main entertaining aspects of Rugby, free attacking running and line breaks, are now at a premium.
Sam Burgess is the sole reason my spirits have been lifted on the game recently. He's an awesome talent and my hope is he gets the platform to produce.
totally agree with you there, man. 24 years before that, we would get smashed and lose by a lot more than 1 point !!
Uh oh,
bratsappendix has just mutated into his rat terrier mode. When you start to see stars appearing everywhere in his posts, he's turned into
ratsterrier-ix (not Asterix, silly) and it's too late. The barking becomes an unstoppable mild annoyance, beware
Simon. It's been known to cause slight frowning, it's quite something.
As for the actual points being made about Burgess, yeah, he's a line breaker. Why, somebody denying that ? He's a physical specimen first (it appears at least, I've only seen a bunch of highlights - don't do league..), a Rugby player second. He may have good hands, yeah...he's a very big dude who'll do his team a world of good in this modern makeup of the game...he's another MASS Gordon, ready to save the universe (well, England at least..).
MAAASS !!! *booom* AAAH-AAHH !!! His first name for crying out loud is fkng "Mass" backwards, I mean, could it BEE more clear ? Mass Burgess...mmm...I like it...
there should really, really be a TRF token "just block him" theme song...like, "Can't touch dis" yeah, that beat - "Just block him" tahh dah dah dah....yeh, pretty cool..