adminLONDON.- Sam Burgess has some high-profile detractors suggesting he should not be anywhere near a rugby union World Cup. The likes of Jonah Lomu and Will Carling have questioned whether the former rugby league star is ready to play a leading role the 15-man game’s biggest showpiece barely 10 months after changing codes.
But Burgess has a notable supporter in Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, the owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs for whom, in his last act as a rugby league player, he produced a man-of-the-match winning display, complete with a broken cheekbone, as they won Australia’s NRL Grand Final.
Burgess, a controversial pick in England coach Stuart Lancaster’s final World Cup squad, will aim to make a major impact off the bench when England play their final warm-up match against Ireland at Twickenham today.
And the Bath player said Crowe was likely to pay a visit to Twickenham Stadium during the World Cup if he manages to get time off from his day job. – AFP.
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