Crowe backs Burgess for England call
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Russell Crowe says Bath's former rugby league star Sam Burgess should be in Stuart Lancaster's England squad.
Oscar-winning actor Crowe is in England for rugby league's World Club Series as part-owner of South Sydney Rabbitohs - who
play St Helens on Sunday.
Crowe said: "If I was anything to do with the English rugby union I would just select him in the squad.
"
Burgess, 26, played for South Sydney Rabbitohs for four years before
switching codes
in November.
Despite suffering a fractured cheekbone and eye socket after only six seconds, the former…
Oscar-winning actor Crowe is in England for rugby league's World Club Series as part-owner of South Sydney Rabbitohs - who
play St Helens on Sunday.
Crowe said: "If I was anything to do with the English rugby union I would just select him in the squad.
"
Burgess, 26, played for South Sydney Rabbitohs for four years before
switching codes
in November.
Despite suffering a fractured cheekbone and eye socket after only six seconds, the former…
