Sam Burgess could make rugby union bow for Bath against Harlequins

• Former league player close to playing return after injury• Burgess injured eye-socket and cheekbone in NRL grand final• Great expectations will hinder Burgess’ World Cup pushSam Burgess’s eagerly-awaited rugby union debut could happen as early as this Friday after Bath revealed their big cross-code signing is in contention to feature on the bench for their Aviva Premiership fixture against Harlequins.Burgess has not played a competitive game since suffering a fractured eye-socket and cheekbone playing for South Sydney in last month’s NRL grand final but trained with Bath for the first time l…