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Sam Burgess Union debut : Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:02 pm  
Decided to subscribe to BT Sport so I could watch Sam's Union debut tonight, Bath v Harlequins.

Wouldn't normally watch Union and apart from seeing how Sam went on, what a waste of money! What an abomination of a sport that Union is! Feel as though I'd have a Trade Descriptions claim for them using the word rugby in the name of their sport. Given that rugby is running, passing, tackling and kicking, only about 10% of what I saw tonight was that. Don't ask me what the other 90% was. But it wasn't rugby.

It was expected that Sam would come on from the bench after about 60 minutes so I watched carefully from the start of the second half. Before Sam came on, I exaggerate not, one scrum in the bottom corner took quarter of an hour. Ok, they had to keep re-setting it and that time covered three separate sin-binnings of three Harlequins forwards. For not pushing properly in the scrum!!! After each one, even though Bath got a penalty, they chose to have another scrum! Can't imagine what Sam would have made of it.

By the time Sam got on, Bath had made sure of the win agInst the side with three men short. Sam got on for the last 18 minutes. He had the ball in his hands twice and didn't have to make a single tackle.

Camera caught a glimpse of him during one of many interminable stoppages (for no apparent reasons) having to hang about standing around in the back line doing nothing 'till play re-started.

All I can say is that he'll be earning his big money pretty easily - if he can stand the boredom and frustration of that game. Plus point is that he'll be fresh enough to do another four years at top level in RL when he's seen out his time in Union.

But he's a top bloke. He'll enjoy the camerderie of what have become his new mates. And, as you'd expect, he spoke very diplomatically when intervierwed at the end of the match. Be interesting to know what he really thinks deep down though.

Wish him well and hope he can some how show his true rugby skills in that ridiculous game.
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:39 pm  
You know, TV was so poor tonight I tried to watch this game (without realising it was potentially Sam's debut). Gave up after 10 minutes following a procession of scrums, re-set scrums, mystical penalties, more scrums, re-set scrums, more penalties and a couple of kicks. I think I saw one passage of open play. It was terrible. Truly mind numbing.

If I'd known Sam was on the bench I may have stuck with it but doesn't sound like I missed much. Well done to the lad for earning his bread doing very little.
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:10 am  
Shouldn't this be in Other Sports?
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:31 am  
Bartholemew Smythe wrote:
Shouldn't this be in Other Sports?


Not if it concerns the life experiences of a past or future rugby league player. Samuel Burgess is certainly a past and probably a future rugby league player.
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was watching an nfl doco. on one of their teams and they used the term bomb to describe those long high passes from quaterback to running back and i think gibson took that idea, realized you cant throw the ball forward in RL and adapted it to a "bomb" kick we have


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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:25 am  
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Decided to subscribe to BT Sport so I could watch Sam's Union debut tonight.

Cool story bro......you hate union! Not sure about hatred requiring you to subscribe to a pay tv so you can vent your spleen, but cool story all the same.
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:31 am  
Quins had 3 players sin binned at the same time but it didn't matter as the game was slow with ball never in play. I really disappointed with the standard of premiership rugby.

I thought Burgess went well although he did force an offload having expected support to be by his side. He will learn to play less structured if he stays in the centres and will return to the NrL a better and fresh player who enjoys a greater profile, A profile that will hopefully give RL some positive PR.
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:11 am  
Can anyone bring up the stats from his last NRL game so we can compare his workload to his first RU one?

At this rate the rest the switch gives him could prolong his future Rugby League career by a couple of seasons.
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McDermott is going. I actually think he is more relaxed because of it, and seems to have let the shackles go. He apparently asked to finish the season, and that is what they agreed.


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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:16 am  
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He had the ball in his hands twice and didn't have to make a single tackle.



Sounds like he nailed it. Did he get man of the match?
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Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:44 am  
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Sounds like he nailed it. Did he get man of the match?


No. A Bath prop (can't remember his name) got MOM. I think it was because he was the one who pushed the other side's props too hard in all those scrums and got them sin-binned for some reason.
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SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!

Re: Sam Burgess Union debut : Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:05 am  
Norther hemispere union is rubbish, simple as really :lol:
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