Move to back row may be the way forward for Sam Burgess and Bath

The rugby union life of Sam Burgess, Bath’s famous convert from the 13-man
code, takes another interesting twist tonight in Newcastle when he will
start his first Aviva Premiership game as a back-row forward.



Burgess has had an unconvincing start to his union career that has been played
out almost entirely in the centres.

Bath did not explain his switch to back
row yesterday, but it revives the question of how best to use him.



It is understood that the player himself would rather play centre.

It is also
the case that, with Jonathan Joseph back at the club after